Tillandsia recurvata

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

Local names: Ball Moss (USA)

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Distribution:

Southern-USA to Argentina
epiphytic, rarely terrestrial in dry regions
0 - 3000 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Basionym: Renealmia recurvata Linnaeus (1753) Species Plantarum 1: 287

(Sp. Pl.)

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

(Sp. Pl. (ed. 2))

Synonyms:

• Renealmia recurvata Linnaeus, 1753
• Tillandsia uniflora Humboldt & Bonpland & Kunth, 1816
• Diaphoranthema uniflora (Humboldt & Bonpland & Kunth) Beer, 1857
• Diaphoranthema recurvata (Linnaeus) Beer, 1857
• Tillandsia recurvata forma genuinea André, 1889
• Tillandsia recurvata forma major André, 1889
• Tillandsia recurvata forma minor André, 1889
• Tillandsia recurvata forma contorta André, 1889
• Tillandsia recurvata forma caespitosa André, 1889
• Tillandsia recurvata forma argentea André, 1889
• Tillandsia recurvata var. ciliata E. Morren ex Mez, 1894
• Tillandsia recurvata var. contorta (André) André ex Mez, 1894
• Tillandsia recurvata var. minuta Mez, 1894
• Tillandsia recurvata var. majuscula Mez, 1894
• Tillandsia pauciflora Sesse & Mociño, 1894
• Tillandsia cordobensis sensu Hassler, 1909, non Hieronymus, 1885

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :47, 49
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 888
• Julia & Alain Liogier (1977) Moscosoa 1: 36
• Zanoni, Milcíades & Read (1986) Moscosoa 4: 86-87
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :43
• Till (1992) Die Bromelie 1: 15-20
• Holcomb (1995) Proc. Louisiana Acad. Sci. 58: 11-17
• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 111
• Steyermark, Berry & Holst (1997) Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana Vol.3 :664
• Pavón (2002) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 52(4): 182-186
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :92