Tillandsia utriculata

Systematics
Family: Bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) Subfamily: Tillandsioideae Genus: Tillandsia Subgenus: Tillandsia Species: utriculata Forms: utriculata variegata
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Tillandsia utriculata Linnaeus, 1753

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Distribution:

USA, Florida; West Indies; Mexico to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago to Venezuela
epiphytic, on a variety of hosts, often in bright exposed habitats
0 - 30 m (- 1200 m)

 

 

Imagelinks:

• Images - Photo Index of the FCBS-website

Original Description:

Tillandsia utriculata Linnaeus (1753) Species Plantarum 1: 286

(Sp. Pl.)

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  Original Description of
  Tillandsia utriculata

Synonyms:

•  ? Visci modo arboribus indicis adnascens Bauhin, 1623
• Viscum caryophylloides maximum, flore tripetalo pallide luteo, semine filamentoso Sloane, 1696
• Caraguata latifolia multiplici spica fl. albo Plumier, 1703
• Tillandsia foliis basi conniventibus in utriculum Linnaeus, 1737
• Tillandsia parasitica major foliis attenuatus basi ventricosis, racemo laxo spatioso assurgentii * P. Browne, 1756
• Tillandsia lingulata sensu Bartram, 1791, non Linnaeus, 1753
• Tillandsia polystachya sensu Muhlenberg, 1813, non Linnaeus, 1762
• Tillandsia bartramii Nuttall, 1822
• Tillandsia flexuosa y pallida Lindley, 1823
• Tillandsia ramosa Sweet, 1827
• Tillandsia nuttalliana Schultes f., 1830
• Tillandsia ligulata Bartram ex Schultes f., 1830
• Anoplophytum flexuosum var. pallidum (Lindley) Beer, 1837
• Vriesea ramosa Beer, 1857
• Platystachys utriculata (Linnaeus) Beer, 1857
• Vriesea utriculata (Linnaeus) Regel, 1870
• Platystachys ehrenbergii K.Koch, 1874
• Allardtia potockii Antoine, 1878
• Tillandsia brevibractea Baker, 1887
• Tillandsia sintensii Baker, 1888

Literature:

• Proctor & Read In: Adams (1972) Flowering Plants of Jamaica :48, 50
• Julia & Alain Liogier (1977) Moscosoa 1: 36
• Smith & Downs (1977) Flora Neotropica 14(2): 971-973
• Zanoni, Milcíades & Read (1986) Moscosoa 4: 93-94
• Gardner (1986) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 36(2): 77-81
• Kiff (1991) A distributional checklist of the Genus Tillandsia :53, 54
• Till (1993) in Regnum Veg. 127: 194 ???
• Till (1995) Linzer biologische Beiträge 27/1: 415
• Luther & Sieff (1997) Selbyana 18(1): 113
• Sidoti (2000) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 50(5): 227-233
• Guess & Guess (2003) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(4): 145, 151-155
• Dolatowski (2003) Journal of the Bromeliad Society 53(4): 160-162
• Luther (2008) An Alphabetical List of Bromeliad Binomials Edit. XI :96