Tillandsia castellanii

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Diaphoranthema Species: castellanii
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Tillandsia castellanii L.B. Smith, 1934

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According to Kiff (1991) this species is maybe a hybrid between Tillandsia retorta and Tillandsia capillaris or, more likely, between Tillandsia capillaris and Tillandsia myosura.

Named after Alberto Castellanos.

Distribution:

Northern-Central-Argentina
1000 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia castellanii L.B. Smith (1934) Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 104: 80; t. 3; figs. 17-19

(Contr. Gray Herb.)

Synonyms:

• none

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 884
• Till (1989) Die Bromelie 2: 31-34
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :12
• Hromadnik (1999) Die Bromelie 3: 85
• Roguenant (2001) Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea :269
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :81