Tillandsia utriculata

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Tillandsia utriculata
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T. utriculata tank
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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. utriculata
Binomial name
Tillandsia utriculata
Synonyms [2]
  • Platystachys utriculata(L.) Beer
  • Vriesea utriculata(L.) Regel
  • Tillandsia pringleiS.Watson
  • Tillandsia lingulataW.Bartram 1794, illegitimate homonym, not L. 1753
  • Tillandsia bartramiiNutt. 1822, illegitimate homonym, not Elliott 1817
  • Tillandsia nuttallianaSchult. & Schult.f.
  • Platystachys ehrenbergiiK.Koch
  • Allardtia potockiiAntoine
  • Tillandsia ramosaBello
  • Platystachys ehrenbergianaK.Koch ex Hemsl.
  • Tillandsia ehrenbergianaHemsl.
  • Tillandsia brevibracteataBaker
  • Tillandsia sintenisiiBaker
  • Tillandsia ehrenbergii(K.Koch) Klotzsch ex Mez

Tillandsia utriculata, commonly known as the spreading airplant, the giant airplant, [3] or wild pine is a species of bromeliad that is native to Florida and Georgia in the United States, the Caribbean, southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, and Venezuela. [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Two varieties are recognized: [2]

  1. Tillandsia utriculata subsp. pringlei(S.Watson) C.S.Gardner – eastern Mexico
  2. Tillandsia utriculata subsp. utriculata – most of species range

Florida populations of Tillandsia utriculata are highly susceptible to attack by the invasive weevil Metamasius callizona , and have been devastated throughout their range. [12] Tillandsia utriculata holds more impounded water in its leaf axils, known as its tank, (up to a liter) than does any other Florida bromeliad. It is a major host of many species of aquatic invertebrates. With T. utriculata on a steady decline, a loss of habitat is occurring for many of these animal species. [13] [14]

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Tillandsia carlsoniae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is endemic to Mexico. It is named after the person that discovered it in Chiapas, Margery C. Carlson.

<i>Tillandsia cossonii</i> Species of plant

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<i>Tillandsia erubescens</i> Species of epiphyte

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<i>Tillandsia juncea</i> Species of plant

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<i>Tillandsia polystachia</i> Species of epiphyte

Tillandsia polystachia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, the West Indies, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela.

<i>Tillandsia pruinosa</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia pruinosa, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. 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.

<i>Tillandsia tenuifolia</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia tenuifolia, the narrowleaf airplant, is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is widespread across much of South America and the Caribbean islands.

<i>Tillandsia fasciculata</i> Species of flowering plant

Tillandsia fasciculata, commonly known as the giant airplant, giant wild pine, 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. A related plant, Tillandsia utriculata, sometimes called the "wild pine", is endemic to the same areas.

Tillandsia festucoides, commonly known as the fescue airplant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to the Greater Antilles, Mexico, the Cayman Islands, and Central America.

<i>Tillandsia flexuosa</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia flexuosa, the twisted airplant, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, southeastern Mexico, northern South America and the United States (Florida).

<i>Tillandsia magnusiana</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia magnusiana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to southern and western Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras.

<i>Tillandsia matudae</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia matudae is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guatemala.

<i>Tillandsia paucifolia</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia paucifolia, the potbelly airplant, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, central and southern Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, the West Indies, and Florida.

Tillandsia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Mexico and Central America. It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1941. As of October 2022, the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads regarded it as a natural hybrid of Tillandsia rodrigueziana and Tillandsia rotundata.

Tillandsia pseudobaileyi is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

<i>Tillandsia schiedeana</i> Species of plant

Tillandsia schiedeana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. It was named for the collector Christian Julius Wilhelm 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 velutina is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Chiapas and Guatemala.

<i>Metamasius callizona</i> Species of beetle

Metamasius callizona, or the Mexican bromeliad weevil, is an invasive species in Florida, US that targets several species of bromeliad. This species is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama, and was first documented in Florida in 1989.

References

  1. ↑ Isley, Paul T. (1987). Tillandsia: The World's Most Unusual Air Plants. Botanical Press. p.  122. ISBN   978-0-9617675-0-1.
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tillandsia utriculata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tillandsia utriculata". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 2011-11-11.
  5. ↑ Flora of North America, Tillandsia utriculata Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 286. 1753.
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Holst, Bruce K. (1 February 1994). "Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 15 (1): 132–149. ISSN   2689-0682. JSTOR   41759858.
  9. ↑ Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN   0361-185X. JSTOR   41759911.
  10. ↑ Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  11. ↑ Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326.
  12. ↑ Frank, J.H., Cave, R.D. (2005) Metamasius callizona is destroying Florida's native bromeliads [p. 91-101 IN:] Hoddle, M. S. (ed.) Second International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Davos, Switzerland, September 12–16, 2005. USDA Forest Service FHTET-2005-08. Vol. 1. http://fcbs.org/articles/M_Callizona_Frank_Cave.pdf
  13. ↑ Frank, J. H., Fish, D. (2008) Potential biodiversity loss in Florida bromeliad phytotelmata due to Metamasius callizona (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), an invasive species. Florida Entomologist 91: 1-8 https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/75750/73408
  14. ↑ Cooper, T.M., Frank, J.H., Cave, R.D. (2014) Loss of phytotelmata due to an invasive bromeliad-eating weevil and its potential effects on faunal diversity and biogeochemical cycles. Acta Oecologica 54: 51-56.


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