Tillandsia utriculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae
Tribus: Tillandsieae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: T. subg. Tillandsia
Species: Tillandsia utriculata
Subspecies: T. u. subsp. pringlei T. u. subsp. utriculata

Name

Tillandsia utriculata L., 1753

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Platystachys utriculata (L.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 266 (1856).
    • Vriesea utriculata (L.) Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1869: 34 (1869).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Northern America
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida.
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
  • Southern America
    • Central America
      • Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Islands, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands.
    • Northern South America
      • Venezuela.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Spreading airplant

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