| Tillandsia adamsii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Tillandsia |
| Subgenus: | Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia |
| Species: | T. adamsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tillandsia adamsii R.W.Read | |
Tillandsia adamsii is a species in the genus Tillandsia . This species is native to Jamaica. [1] [2]
The species is named after English botanist Charles Dennis Adams [2] who authored Flowering Plants of Jamaica and Caribbean Flora. [3] [4]
The Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of 75 genera and around 3590 known species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.
Spanish moss is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates. It is native to much of Mexico, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Central America, South America, the Southern United States, and West Indies. It has been naturalized in Queensland (Australia). It is known as "grandpa's beard" in French Polynesia.
Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United States, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to mid Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered with specialized cells (trichomes) capable of rapidly absorbing water that gathers on them.
Tillandsia excelsa is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It is native to Central America, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.
Chionanthus, common name: fringetrees, is a genus of about 150 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae.
Thomas Frederick Cheeseman was a New Zealand botanist. He was also a naturalist who had wide-ranging interests, such that he even described a few species of sea slugs.
Scutachne is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Scutachne dura, native to Cuba, Jamaica, and Hispaniola.
Tillandsia bulbosa, the bulbous airplant, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It is widespread across Central America, the West Indies, southern Mexico, and northern and eastern South America.
Tillandsia capitata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It is native to Mexico, Honduras, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Tillandsia brachycaulos is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela.
Tillandsia prodigiosa is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico.
Tillandsia pruinosa, is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is commonly known as the fuzzywuzzy airplant. This species is native to northern South America, Central America, southern Mexico, the West Indies and Florida.
Tillandsia tenuifolia, the narrowleaf airplant, is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is widespread across much of South America and the Caribbean islands.
Tillandsia dasyliriifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. This species is native to eastern and southern Mexico, Belize, and Isla de Providencia.
Tillandsia fasciculata, commonly known as the giant airplant or cardinal airplant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, northern South America, and the southeastern United States. Within the United States, this airplant is at risk of extirpation from the Mexican bromeliad weevil, Metamasius callizona.
Tillandsia utriculata, commonly known as the spreading airplant or the giant airplant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to Florida and Georgia in the United States, the Caribbean, southern and eastern Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela.
Tillandsia turneri is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. This species is native to Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, and northern Brazil.
Tillandsia setacea, the southern needleleaf, is a species in the genus Tillandsia. It has a scattered, disjunct distribution in the southeastern United States, northwestern and southern Mexico, Guatemala, the West Indies and the State of Pará in northeastern Brazil.
Trilepidea is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. Its native range was New Zealand.
Tillandsia argentea, called the silver-leaved air plant, is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad genus Tillandsia, native to Cuba and Jamaica. An evergreen perennial epiphyte, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.