Tillandsia monadelpha

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Phytarrhiza Species: monadelpha
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Tillandsia monadelpha (E. Morren) Baker, 1887

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According to Kiff (1991) collections from the USA, mentioned in some references, are doubtful.

Distribution:

Southern-USA (?), Central America to Colombia
0 - 300 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Phytarrhiza monadelpha E. Morren (1887) La Belgique Horticole 32: 168

(Belgique Hort.)

Tillandsia monadelpha (E. Morren) Baker (1887) Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 25: 281

(J. Bot.)

Synonyms:

• Phytarrhiza monadelpha E. Morren, 1887
• Tillandsia graminifolia Baker, 1887
• Catopsis alba E. Morren ex Baker, 1889
• Tillandsia monobotrya Mez, 1919
• Tillandsia digitata sensu Standley, 1927; non Mez, 1896

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 852
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :35
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :663
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :89