Tillandsia caerulea

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Phytarrhiza Species: caerulea
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Tillandsia caerulea Kunth, 1816

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Distribution:

Southern-Ecuador, Northern-Peru
epiphytic in dry areas
900 - 2700 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia caerulea Kunth (1816) Nova Genera et Species Plantarum 1: 291

(Nov. Gen. Sp.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia squamulosa Willdenow ex Schultes.f., 1830
• Diaphoranthema squamulosa Beer , 1857

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 869
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :10
• Roguenant (2001) Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea :245
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :80