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Tillandsia polita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Subgenus:	Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:	T. polita
Binomial name
Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.
Synonyms
Tillandsia polita var. elongata Ehlers Tillandsia vicentina var. glabra L.B.Sm.

Tillandsia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Mexico and Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras). 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.

References

1. ^ "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-25
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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.
4. "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-25
5. "Tillandsia x polita L.B.Sm". Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Retrieved 2022-10-25.

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