Tillandsia flexuosa

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Tillandsia flexuosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:
T. flexuosa
Binomial name
Tillandsia flexuosa
Swartz
Synonyms [1]
  • Anoplophytum flexuosum(Sw.) Beer
  • Tillandsia aloifoliaHook.
  • Tillandsia patensWilld. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Vriesea aloifolia(Hook.) Beer
  • Vriesea tenuifoliaBeer
  • Platystachys patens(Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch

Tillandsia flexuosa, the twisted airplant, [2] is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, southeastern Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) and the United States (Florida). [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tillandsia flexuosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. Flora of North America, Tillandsia flexuosa Swartz, Prodr. 56. 1788.
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
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  6. Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Ramírez-morillo, Ivón; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry E.; Till, Walter (1 June 2004). "Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 25 (1): 33–86. ISSN   2689-0682. JSTOR   41760147.
  7. Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1). ISSN   2689-0682. JSTOR   41759858.
  8. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.