Tillandsia biflora

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Allardtia Species: biflora
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Tillandsia biflora Ruiz & Pavón, 1802

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Distribution:

Costa Rica, Panama, northwestern Southamerica to Peru and Bolivia
epiphytic, rarely saxicolous
1900 - 3000 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia biflora Ruiz & Pavón (1802) Flora Peruviana 3: 41

(Fl. Peruv.)

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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia biflora
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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia biflora

Synonyms:

• Diaphoranthema biflora (Ruiz & Pavón) Beer, 1857
• Tillandsia tetrantha sensu Grisebach, 1864; non Ruiz & Pavón, 1802
• Tillandsia grisebachiana Baker, 1888
• Tillandsia biflora var. cruenta André, 1888
• Tillandsia augustae-regiae Mez, 1901

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 745
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :8
• Patzelt (1996) Flora del Ecuador :138
• Hase (1999) Die Bromelie 3: 75
• Oliva-Esteve (2000) Bromeliads :267
• Roguenant (2001) Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea :224
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :79
• Gouda (2011) Die Bromelie 1: 24-29