| Tillandsia chiapensis | |
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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. chiapensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tillandsia chiapensis Gardner | |
Tillandsia chiapensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
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 recurvata, commonly known as small ballmoss or ball moss, is a flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae that grows upon larger host plants. It grows well in areas with low light, little airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the southern live oak. It is not a parasite like mistletoe, but an epiphyte like its relative Spanish moss.
Tillandsia balbisiana, common name northern needleleaf, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species in native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, the West Indies, and Florida.
Tillandsia capitata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It is native to Mexico, Honduras, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Tillandsia albida is a plant species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
Tillandsia concolor is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
Tillandsia erubescens is a species of epiphytic plants of the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico, found over much of the country from Chihuahua to Oaxaca.
Tillandsia exserta is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
Tillandsia jalisco-monticola is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to the State of Jalisco, Mexico and its species name means "mountain dweller". Its small purple flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds and it has large red- to yellow-tinted bracts all year long.
Tillandsia juncea is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to northern South America, Central America, Mexico and the West indies.
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 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 ionantha, the air plant, is a species of plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America and Mexico. It is also reportedly naturalized in Broward County, Florida.
Tillandsia schiedeana is a species in the genus Tillandsia. It was named for the collector Schiede. As an epiphyte it is found "growing in open tropical forests, and saxicolous, growing on cacti and burseras on steep dry slopes in semiarid regions in Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Venezuela, and Colombia at elevations of 750 to 5,500 feet."
Tillandsia seleriana is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to southern Mexico and Central America.
Tillandsia streptophylla is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.
Tillandsia tricolor is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America and Mexico.
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 viridiflora is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.