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Tillandsia variabilis, the leatherleaf airplant, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Bolivia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, the West Indies and southern Florida.
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- ↑ Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- ↑ "Tillandsia simulata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- 1 2 Flora of North America v 22.
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel. Manual of the Southeastern Flora 270, 1503. 1933.