Tillandsia tectorum

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Allardtia Species: tectorum Varieties: tectorum globosa viridula Forms: tectorum gigantea
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Tillandsia tectorum E. Morren, 1877

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Distribution:

Southern-Ecuador to Central-Peru
saxicolous , rarely epiphytic
1500 - 3000 m, rarely down to 800 m

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia tectorum E. Morren (1877) La Belgique Horticole 27: 328

(Belgique Hort.)

Synonyms:

• Tillandsia argentea K. Koch, 1868; non Grisebach, 1866
• Pourretia nivosa hortus ex E. Morren, 1877
• Tillandsia saxicola Mez, 1906

Literature:

• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 786
• Rauh (1981) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 31(?): 177-178
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :50
• Kessler (1999) Die Bromelie 2: 53
• Fischer (2003) Die Bromelie 1: 49-51
• L. Hromadnik (2005) Die Bromelie Sonderheft 5: 1-120
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :95