Tillandsia bulbosa

Tillandsia bulbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Subgenus:	Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:	T. bulbosa
Binomial name
Tillandsia bulbosa Hook.
Synonyms [1]
Platystachys bulbosa(Hook.) Beer Tillandsia bulbosa var. brasiliensisSchult. & Schult.f. Tillandsia bulbosa var. pictaHook. Tillandsia erythraeaLindl. & Paxton Tillandsia pumilaLindl. & Paxton Platystachys erythraea(Lindl. & Paxton) Beer Tillandsia bulbosa f. albaTakiz. Tillandsia pumilaGriseb. 1865, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. & Paxton 1850

Tillandsia bulbosa, the bulbous airplant, ^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia . It is widespread across Central America, the West Indies, southern Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), and northern and eastern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Alagoas, Amapá, Pernambuco). ^{[1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Cultivars

• Tillandsia 'Canina' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Chanza' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'First Born' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Hyde's Silver' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Joel' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'June Bug' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Kacey' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Mark Goddard' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Rechoncho' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Royal Sceptre' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Showtime' ^[10]
• Tillandsia 'Timm's Twister' ^[10]
• |Tillandsia 'Veteran' ^[10]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. NRCS. "Tillandsia bulbosa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 December 2015.
3. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
4. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
7. Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
8. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
9. Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(2): 663–1492.
10. BSI Cultivar Registry Archived 2009-12-02 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 October 2009