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Tillandsia ultima

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Species of plant

Tillandsia ultima
Scientific illustration of 𝘛. 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢
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. ultima
Binomial name
Tillandsia ultima
L.B.Sm.

Tillandsia ultima is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia that is native to Colombia and Ecuador. It was first discovered in Colombia in 1946 in the region of Magdalena.

Description

Tillandsia ultima is an epiphyte. It is classified as endangered in the Colombian Red Book of Plants according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria Version 3.1.

Habitat

Tillandsia ultima inhabits the tropical savanna climate and the warm-summer mediterranean climate in Colombia and Ecuador at elevations around 3000 m.

Cultivars

No cultivars are listed for this species in the BSI Cultivar Registry.

References

  1. Betancur B., J. C. & N. García. 2006. Las bromelias (Familia Bromeliaceae). Libro Rojo Pl. Colombia 3: 3: 51–383.
  2. «Tillandsia ultima». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  3. SMITH, LYMAN B. “STUDIES IN THE BROMELIACEAE, XVI.”Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, vol. 29, no. 10, 1951, pp. I-VIII. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/23492616.
  4. Beadle, Don (2009). The BSI Cultivar Registry. Bromeliad Society International.
Taxon identifiers
Tillandsia ultima


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