Tillandsia mitlaensis | |
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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. mitlaensis |
Binomial name | |
Tillandsia mitlaensis Weber & Ehlers | |
Tillandsia mitlaensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
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 albida is a plant species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
Tillandsia chiapensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
Tillandsia circinnatoides is a species of flowering plant 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 limbata is a plant species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
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 flabellata is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is native to southern Mexico and Central America.
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 of flowering plant 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.
Tillandsia floribunda is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Ecuador.
Tillandsia moscosoi is an epiphyte in the genus Tillandsia. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic. It has pale lavender flowers.