Tillandsia polita
Tillandsia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Mexico and Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras).[1][2][3] It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1941.[4] As of October 2022, the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads regarded it as a natural hybrid of Tillandsia rodrigueziana and Tillandsia rotundata.[5]
| Tillandsia polita | |
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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 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-25
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- 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.
- "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-25
- "Tillandsia x polita L.B.Sm". Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
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