Tillandsia purpurea

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Phytarrhiza Species: purpurea
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Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pavón, 1802

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Distribution:

Coastal deserts of Ecuador and Peru,
terrestrial im desertsand and saxicolous in dry habitats
0 - 900 m, rarely up to 3100 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pavón (1802) Flora Peruviana 3: 41-42

(Fl. Peruv.)

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Synonyms:

• Tillandsia azurea Willdenow ex Schultes f., 1830
• Tillandsia scoparia Willdenow ex Schultes f., 1830
• Tillandsia longebracteata Meyen, 1835
• Platystachys purpurea (Ruiz & Pavón) Beer, 1857
• Anoplophytum longebracteatum Beer, 1857
• Platystachys scoparia Beer, 1857
• Phytarrhiza purpurea E. Morren ex Baker, 1889

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 866
• Isley (1987) Tillandsia, The World's Most Unusual Airplants :94
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :42
• Baensch (1994) Blooming Bromeliads :208
• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 111
• Pinto (2005) Tillandsia del Norte de Chile y del Extremo Sur de Perú :28-31 ff.
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :91