Tillandsia polystachia

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Tillandsia Species: polystachia
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Tillandsia polystachia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1762

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Distribution:

Westindies, Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia
epiphytic
0 - 1800 m (300 - 2200 m)

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Renealmia polystachia Linnaeus (1753) Species Plantarum 1: 286-287

(Sp. Pl.)

Tillandsia polystachia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus (1762) Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1: 410

(Sp. Pl. (ed. 2))

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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia polystachia

Synonyms:

• Renealmia polystachia Linnaeus, 1763
• Tillandsia angustifolia Swartz, 1788
• Tillandsia kunthiana sensu Hemsley, 1884; non Gaudichaud, 1846
• Tillandsia parvispica Baker, 1887
• Tillandsia schlumbergeri E. Morren ex André, 1894

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :48, 50-51
• Julia & Alain Liogier (1977) Moscosoa 1: 35
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 923
• Luther (1985) Phytologia 57: 175-176
• Zanoni, Milcíades & Read (1986) Moscosoa 4: 85-86
• Isley (1987) Tillandsia, The World's Most Unusual Airplants :88
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :40
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :664
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :91