Tillandsia hamaleana

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Phytarrhiza Species: hamaleana
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Tillandsia hamaleana E. Morren, 1869

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It is still a question in dispute if Tillandsia nubis is a synonym of this species, or a valid species on its own (Kiff, 1991).

Distribution:

Ecuador, Northern-Peru (?)
epiphytic in rainforests, rarely saxicolous
0 - 2000 m (rarely up to 2600 m)

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia hamaleana E. Morren (1869) Gardener's Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1869 2: 460

(Gard. Chron.)

Synonyms:

• Wallisa hamaleana (E. Morren) E. Morren, 1870
• Tillandsia commelyna E. Morren ex E. Morren, 1870
• Tillandsia hamaleana E. Morren ex E. Morren, 1870
• Tillandsia platypetala Baker, 1888
• Tillandsia nubis Gilmartin, 1968

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 839
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :25
• Patzelt (1996) Flora del Ecuador :139
• Roguenant (2001) Les Tillandsia et les Racinaea :404
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :85