Tillandsia turneri

Tillandsia turneri is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae.[2] This species is native to Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, and northern Brazil.[1][3][4]

Tillandsia turneri
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. turneri
Binomial name
Tillandsia turneri
Synonyms[1]
  • Tillandsia rhodocincta Baker
  • Tillandsia multifolia Mez
  • Tillandsia cornuaulti André
  • Guzmania cornuaulti (André) André ex Mez
  • Tillandsia archeri L.B.Sm.
  • Thecophyllum cornuaulti (André) Mez

Three varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Tillandsia turneri var. orientalis L.B.Sm. – southern Venezuela, Guyana, northern Brazil
  2. Tillandsia turneri var. patens L.B.Sm. – northwestern Venezuela
  3. Tillandsia turneri var. turneri – Colombia, northwestern Venezuela

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Tillandsia turneri Baker". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.


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