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December 2022

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genus

Tillandsia L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 286 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000038422.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 286. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Tillandsia

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Acanthospora	Spreng.	Anleit. Kenntn. Gew. (ed. 2) 2(1): 255. 1817.	wfo-4000000156
Allardtia	A.Dietr.	Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 241. 1852.	wfo-4000001237
Anoplophytum	Beer	Flora 37: 346 (1854)	wfo-4000002331
Bonapartea	Ruiz & Pav.	Fl. Peruv. 3: 38 (1802)	wfo-4000004960
Caraguata	Lindl.	Fam. Pl. 2: 67, 532 (1763)	wfo-4000006639
Platystachys	K.Koch	Index Sem. (Berlin) 1854: App. 11. 1855.	wfo-4000030161
Racindsia	Takiz.	J. Bromeliad Soc. 59: 116 (2009)	wfo-4000045913
Dendropogon	Raf.	Neogenyton : 3 (1825)	wfo-4001303489

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Tillandsia:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Tillandsia acutifolia	Hort.Angl. ex Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 308, nomen (Quid ?). 1821 [16 Mar-30 Jun 1821]		wfo-0001232845
Tillandsia alberti	André	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 577 (1888)		wfo-0001328039
Tillandsia albertii	André	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 577 (1888)		wfo-0000573917
Tillandsia altomayoensis	Gouda	Bromelie 2019(2): 63. 2019		wfo-1000034819
Tillandsia araujei var. araujei	Mez	–	—	wfo-0001319787
Tillandsia armadae	André	Enum. Bromel. 8. 1888 Dec. 13, 1888 Rev. Hort. 60: 568. Dec. 16, 1888		wfo-0000574368
Tillandsia augustae	Mez	–	—	wfo-0001218654
Tillandsia aurantica var. scarlatina	André	–		wfo-0001392082
Tillandsia aurea var. minor	Hromadnik & Rauh	Abh. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz, Math.-Naturwiss. Klasse, Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 52: 66 (1985).		wfo-0001401632
Tillandsia bandensis subsp. grandipetala	Rossado	Phytotaxa 405(1): 20. 2019		wfo-1200009281
Tillandsia bivittata	hort. ex Baker	Handb. Bromel. 16, in syn. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889]		wfo-0001350725
Tillandsia blokii	hort.	Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 23: 254, nomen. 1898 ; Journ. Soc. Nat. Hort. France, xx. 479, nomen; Hemsl. in Bot. Mag. t. 8192 (1908), descr.		wfo-0001350726
Tillandsia borjaensis	Manzan. & W.Till	J. Bromeliad Soc. 7(1): 20. 2021		wfo-1000029281
Tillandsia boryana	Gand.	Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 290 (1919 publ. 1920)		wfo-0000575102
Tillandsia brachycaulos var. multiflora	L.B.Sm.	Contr. Gray Herb. 154: 35 (1945)		wfo-0001378468
Tillandsia brasiliensis	Larrañaga	Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 1: 396 (1922)		wfo-0000575248
Tillandsia brevilingua	Mez ex Harms	Nat. Pflanzenfam. (ed. 2) 15a: 132 1930		wfo-0001218655
Tillandsia bryoides	Griseb. ex Baker	J. Bot. 16: 236. 1878 [Aug 1878]		wfo-1200010384
Tillandsia burle-marxii	Ehlers	Bromelie 1994(2): 75, fig.		wfo-0001318188
Tillandsia carnosa var. bolivensis	H.Luther	Bromelie 1991(3): 70, fig.		wfo-0001397948
Tillandsia cerosa	W.Till & Barfuss	Bromelie 2021(3): 122. 2021		wfo-1000029282
Tillandsia chevalieri	hort. ex C.Chev.	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 107: 514 (1935)		wfo-0000576206
Tillandsia cinerea	Raf.	Autik. Bot. : 198 (1840)		wfo-0000576339
Tillandsia closoni	hort. ex André	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 62: 203 (1890)		wfo-0001328045
Tillandsia closonii	André	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 62: 203 (1890)		wfo-0000576404
Tillandsia coerulea	Auct.	not _stated.		wfo-0001350727
Tillandsia comata	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. 3: 136, t. 140 (1829)		wfo-0000576489
Tillandsia complachroma	Rauh	J. Bromeliad Soc. 27(1): 18 (1977)		wfo-0001218773
Tillandsia complanata	É.Morren	Belgique Hort. xxii. (1872) 300. t. 23.		wfo-0001350728
Tillandsia condorensis	(Manzan. & Gouda) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007937
Tillandsia convoluta	Raf.	Autik. Bot. : 199 (1840)		wfo-0000576752
Tillandsia cornissaensis	Gouda	J. Bromeliad Soc. 69(2):93. 2020		wfo-1000025047
Tillandsia crousseana	hort.	ex Rev. Hortic. lx, 203. 1890		wfo-0001350731
Tillandsia dichromantha	Hern.-Cárdenas, López-Ferr. & Espejo	Phytotaxa 447(2): 82. 2020		wfo-1000025048
Tillandsia discolor	hort. ex Baker	Handb. Bromel. 4. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889]		wfo-0001350732
Tillandsia duratii	hort.	ex Rev. Hortic. lxiv. (1892) 436, fig. 130 et 131.		wfo-0001350734
Tillandsia eeckhouteri	Anon.	Gard. Chron. n.s., 24: 183. 1885 (1885)		wfo-1000037930
Tillandsia ensifolia	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic. , ed. 2: 82 (1894)		wfo-0000578146
Tillandsia ertonii	E.H.Souza & Leme	Phytotaxa 560(1): 94. 2022		wfo-1000040626
Tillandsia euryelytra	(J.R.Grant) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007938
Tillandsia exigna	E.Ule	–	—	wfo-0001218656
Tillandsia fenestralis	hort.	Gard. Chron. n.s., 9: 440. 1878		wfo-0001350740
Tillandsia flagellifera	É.Morren ex Baker	Handb. Bromel. 185. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889]		wfo-0001232822
Tillandsia flavoviolacea	Gouda	Bromelie 2020(2): 64. 2020		wfo-1000025049
Tillandsia floribunda	Durat. ex Vis.	in Nuov. Sagg. Padov. v. (1841) 271.		wfo-0001350741
Tillandsia formosa	Lovan Hortis ex Schultes f.	Syst. Veg. 7(2): 1229 1830	—	wfo-0001236238
Tillandsia fuchsii var. stephanii	W.Till	Bromelie 1990(2): 32, fig. , as 'var. stephani'		wfo-0001397947
Tillandsia fulgida	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 186 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001350745
Tillandsia funckiana var. recurvifolia	Rauh	J. Bromeliad Soc. 39: 115. 1989		wfo-0001397662
Tillandsia gentryana	(Manzan. & W.Till) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007939
Tillandsia geotropica	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007940
Tillandsia ghiesbregthii	L.B.Sm.	–	—	wfo-0001247797
Tillandsia gloriae	F.Gruber, W.Till & Barfuss	Bromelie 2021(3): 117. 2021		wfo-1000029283
Tillandsia goudai	(Manzan. & W.Till) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007941
Tillandsia gracilis	hort. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet], ed. 2. 536, nomen (Quid?). 1830		wfo-0001350747
Tillandsia grantii	(Manzan. & W.Till) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007942
Tillandsia grovesiae	Manzan. & W.Till	J. Bromeliad Soc. 71(2): 112. 2021		wfo-1000029284
Tillandsia guacamayosensis	(Manzan. & Gouda) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007943
Tillandsia heptandra	Poir.	Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 7: 671, sphalm. 1806 [6 Jul 1806]		wfo-0001350748
Tillandsia heptantha	Ruiz & Pav.	Fl. Peruv. 3: 41 (1802)		wfo-0000579438
Tillandsia hieroglyphica	Bull ex É.Morren	Belgique Hort. xxxv. (1885) 57, in syn.		wfo-0001350749
Tillandsia hoepfelii	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007944
Tillandsia humboldtii	Baker	Handb. Bromel. : 203 (1889)		wfo-0000579724
Tillandsia iassuensis	L.Hrom. & H.Hrom.	Bromelie 2021(2): 76. 2021		wfo-1000029285
Tillandsia imbricata	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. 3: 134, t. 131 (1829)		wfo-0000579791
Tillandsia itatiensis	E.H.Souza & Leodeg.	Phytotaxa 456(2): 187. 2020		wfo-1000025050
Tillandsia jaguactalensis	I.Ramírez, Carnevali & Chi-May, Francisco	J. Bromeliad Soc. 50: 63–66, f. 6–7 2000	—	wfo-0001276261
Tillandsia jequiensis	L.Hrom. & H.Hrom.	Bromelie 2020(3): 127. 2020		wfo-1000025051
Tillandsia joelmandimboensis	Flores-Cruz, C.Granados & Vázq.-Hurt.	Phytotaxa 459(4): 277. 2020		wfo-1000025052
Tillandsia johnstonii	Mez	Bull. Herb. Boissier 4: 872 1904	—	wfo-0001218729
Tillandsia kalliantha	(J.R.Grant) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007945
Tillandsia karineae	Manzan., Gouda & Raack	J. Bromeliad Soc. 71(2): 84. 2021		wfo-1000029286
Tillandsia kentii	(H.Luther & K.F.Norton) Manzan. & W.Till	J. Bromeliad Soc. 70(2): 69. 2020		wfo-1000025053
Tillandsia kickiae	Raack, Manzan. & Gouda	J. Bromeliad Soc. 71(2): 70. 2021		wfo-1000029287
Tillandsia latispatha	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 187 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001232846
Tillandsia laudbeckii	Phil.	–	—	wfo-0001233624
Tillandsia laxispica	Mez	Monogr. Phan. 9: 684 1896	—	wfo-0001232511
Tillandsia leodiensis	Hort.Veitch.	Gartenflora 42: 340 (1893)		wfo-0000580516
Tillandsia ligulata	Schult.f.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1220. 1830 [Oct-Dec 1830]		wfo-0001350750
Tillandsia lindenii var. genuina	É.Morren	Gard. Chron. n.s., 12: 460. 1879		wfo-1200020795
Tillandsia lindenii var. splendida	Carrière	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 54: 12. 1882		wfo-1200020790
Tillandsia lineata	André	Enum. Bromel. 8. 1888 Dec. 13, 1888 Rev. Hort. 60: 568. Dec. 16, 1888		wfo-0000580755
Tillandsia longiscapa	Leme & W.Till	J. Bromeliad Soc. 70(2): 54. 2020		wfo-1000025054
Tillandsia lorentzii	Griseb.	ex Rev. Hortic. lxiii. (1891) 172.		wfo-0001350751
Tillandsia lorifolia	Lem	Fl. des Serres ii. (Mai, 1846) sub I. 4.		wfo-0000580905
Tillandsia loxensis	N.Jaram., Manzan. & A.M.Gut.	J. Bromeliad Soc. 68(1): 5. 2018		wfo-1000007946
Tillandsia lymansmithiana	(J.R.Grant) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007947
Tillandsia macrantha	(H.Luther) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007948
Tillandsia mantiqueirae	Paixão-Souza, N.G.Silva & R.J.V.Alves	Phytotaxa 525(3): 198. 2021		wfo-1000029288
Tillandsia manzanaresii	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007949
Tillandsia marioportillae	(Höpfel & Scharf) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007950
Tillandsia microrachis	Gomes-da-Silva & A.F.Costa	Syst. Bot. 36(2): 301–303, fig. 7 2011	—	wfo-0001042827
Tillandsia molleriana	Ehlers	Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 58: 29–32, f. 18–19 1986	—	wfo-0001276340
Tillandsia monadelpha	Wittm.	Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] ii. 4 (1888) 57.		wfo-0001350752
Tillandsia mosaic	Linden ex Rafarin	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 73. 1874 (1874)		wfo-1000037987
Tillandsia mosaica	hort.	Gard. Chron. n.s., 2: 49. 1874		wfo-0001350753
Tillandsia nathanii	E.H.Souza & Leme	Phytotaxa 560(1): 99. 2022		wfo-1000040627
Tillandsia nidus	Rauh & Lehmann	Abh. Akad. Wiss. Lit. Mainz, Math.-Naturwiss. Klasse, Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt 41: 19 (1983).		wfo-0001221209
Tillandsia obscura	Lodd. ex G.Don	Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 119, nomen (Quid ?). 1830		wfo-0001232847
Tillandsia oliveirae	E.H.Souza & Leme	Phytotaxa 527(1): 61. 2021		wfo-1000029289
Tillandsia orogensis var. secundiflora	Rauh	Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt no. 21: 19, fig. 1977		wfo-0001397415
Tillandsia osyana	Hort.Belg. ex K.Koch	Belgique Hort. xii. (1862) 127.		wfo-0001232848
Tillandsia ovatispicata	Gouda	Bromelie 2018(1): 19. 2018		wfo-1000007951
Tillandsia pattersoniae	(Manzan. & W.Till) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007952
Tillandsia percordobensis	Mez	Monogr. Phan. 9: 881 1896	—	wfo-0001232419
Tillandsia platyrachis var. magnifica	Rauh & Bismark	Trop. Subtrop. Pflanzenwelt no. 53: 9, fig. 1985 J. Bromel. Soc. 35: 113(-115), fig. 1985 - Peru		wfo-0001397663
Tillandsia platystachia	R.Acosta	Cat. Nat. Hist. Corrient. 186 1897	—	wfo-0001232849
Tillandsia platystachya	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 86 (1897).		wfo-0001350760
Tillandsia pleiosticha	Griseb.	Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 19 (1864 publ. 1865)		wfo-0000583067
Tillandsia poelmani	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 187 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001350761
Tillandsia polystachya	Jacq. ex Griseb.	Fl. Brit. W.I. [Grisebach] 595. 1864 [Oct 1864]		wfo-0001350762
Tillandsia polystachya	Muhl.	Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 34. 1813		wfo-0001350763
Tillandsia pseudobaileyi subsp. yucatanensis	I.Ramírez, Carnevali & I.Olmstead	J. Bromeliad Soc. 50(2): 69. 2000		wfo-0001367048
Tillandsia pseudobaileyi subsp. yucatanensis	I.Ramírez, Carnevali & I.Olmstead	see also J. Bromeliad Soc. 50(4): 164 (2000) 'Errata'.		wfo-0001367965
Tillandsia pseudofloribunda	Gouda	Bromelie 2018(1): 23. 2018		wfo-1000007953
Tillandsia pulchra var. amoena	Baker	–		wfo-0001392175
Tillandsia racemosa	Urb.	–	—	wfo-0001247798
Tillandsia racinaea	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.213888889. 2018		wfo-1000007954
Tillandsia ramealis	Klotzsch in Baker	Handb. Bromel. 161. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889]		wfo-0000583708
Tillandsia renateae	Gouda, Manzan. & Raack	J. Bromeliad Soc. 71(2): 76. 2021		wfo-1000029290
Tillandsia restrepeana	André	Rev. Hort. [Paris]. lx. (1888) 567; et Bromel. Andreanae (1889) 89 t. 22.		wfo-0001350765
Tillandsia reyesii	Granados M., C., Salazar & Flores-Cruz, María	–	—	wfo-0001039035
Tillandsia rigida	hort. ex Sweet	Hort. Brit. [Sweet] 425, nomen (Quid ?). 1826		wfo-0001350766
Tillandsia riverae	Manzan. & W.Till	J. Bromeliad Soc. 71(2): 119. 2021		wfo-1000029291
Tillandsia rubens	Gomes-da-Silva & A.F.Costa	Syst. Bot. 36(2): 306–308, fig. 9 2011	—	wfo-0001042828
Tillandsia rubra	hort. ex Antoine	Phyto-Iconogr. Bromel. 43. 1884		wfo-0001350767
Tillandsia rubra	hort. ex Baker	Handb. Bromel. 4. 1889 [Aug-Oct 1889]		wfo-0001350768
Tillandsia santiagoensis	H.Hrom. & L.Hrom.	Bromelie 2020(2): 85. 2020		wfo-1000025055
Tillandsia santiagoensis f. adpressa	H.Hrom. & L.Hrom.	Bromelie 2020(2): 87. 2020		wfo-1200008002
Tillandsia scharfii	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.214583333. 2018		wfo-1000007955
Tillandsia smalliana	H.Luther	Phytologia 57: 176 (1985)		wfo-0000585115
Tillandsia spiculata var. ustulata	(Reitz) L.B.Sm.	–		wfo-0001392420
Tillandsia spiculosa	Schlecht. ex É.Morren	Belgique Hort. xxix. (1879) 57 (Quid ?).		wfo-0001350769
Tillandsia splendida	Carrière	Rev. Hort. 54: 12, pl. 1882	—	wfo-0001232275
Tillandsia stricta	Lindl.	Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1338. 1830		wfo-0001350771
Tillandsia stricta subsp. piniformis	Rauh ex Ehlers & Heidt	Bromelie 3: 113 (2013)		wfo-0001319373
Tillandsia stricta var. disticha	L.B.Sm.	Arq. Bot. Estado São Paulo , n.s., 1: 115 (1943)		wfo-0001319797
Tillandsia strobeliorum	(Manzan. & W.Till) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.214583333. 2018		wfo-1000007956
Tillandsia tenuifolia	Bert. ex Schult.f.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1212. 1830 [Oct-Dec 1830]		wfo-0001350773
Tillandsia tenuifolia	Jacq.	Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist. 92. t. 63. 1763 [5 Jan 1763]		wfo-0001350772
Tillandsia terrestris	(Manzan. & Gouda) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.214583333. 2018		wfo-1000007957
Tillandsia tetrastachia	Vell.	Fl. Flumin. 3: 135, t. 137 (1829)		wfo-0000585870
Tillandsia tortuosa	Lodd. ex Schult.f.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1229, nomen (Quid ?). 1830 [Oct-Dec 1830]		wfo-0001232913
Tillandsia triticea	Burch.	J. Bot. 26: 42. 1888		wfo-0000586039
Tillandsia uruguayensis	Rossado	Phytotaxa 345(2): 134. 2018		wfo-1000007958
Tillandsia usneoides var. genuina	André	Bromel. Andr. 64. 1889		wfo-0001397416
Tillandsia valenzuelana	André	Rev. Hort. [Paris]. lx. (1888). 567; et Bromel. Andreanae (1889) 80 t. 28.		wfo-0001350774
Tillandsia vigeri	hort. ex Gentil	Pl. Cult. Serres Jard. Bot. Brux. 187 (1907), nomen.		wfo-0001350775
Tillandsia violata	Rojas Acosta	Cat. Hist. Nat. Corrientes 85 (1897).		wfo-0001232914
Tillandsia viridiflora	hort. ex Antoine	Phyto-Iconogr. Bromel. 21. 1884		wfo-0001350776
Tillandsia wisdomiana	Isley	J. Bromeliad Soc. 34: 123 (1984)		wfo-0000587115
Tillandsia zahnii var. magnifica	Carrière	Rev. Hort. [Paris]. 55: 62. 1883		wfo-0000587318
Tillandsia zingleri	(Höpfel & Scharf) Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.214583333. 2018		wfo-1000007959
Tillandsia zonai	Christenh. & Byng	Global Fl. 0.214583333. 2018		wfo-1000007960