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Tillandsia flexuosa

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Species of plant

Tillandsia flexuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Anoplophytum flexuosum (Sw.) Beer
  • Tillandsia aloifolia Hook.
  • Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
  • Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer
  • Vriesea tenuifolia Beer
  • Platystachys patens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch

Tillandsia flexuosa, the twisted airplant, 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).

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. NRCS. "Tillandsia flexuosa". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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
  5. Luther, Harry E. (1995). "An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica". Selbyana. 16 (2): 230–234. ISSN 0361-185X. JSTOR 41759911.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Tillandsia flexuosa


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