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Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia

not marked as a favorite taxon Tillandsia flexuosa Swartz. Common name: Twisted Airplant, Banded Airplant, Twisted Wild-pine. Habitat: Epiphytic on trees in hammocks, cypress swamps, mangroves, coastal woodlands. Distribution: Peninsular FL; West Indies; se. Mexico (CAM, ROO, YUC), Central America, and South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA22, K4, WH3; = Tillandsia aloifolia Hook. — S, S13. Basionym: Tillandsia flexuosa Sw. 1788

Links to other floras: = Tillandsia flexuosa - FNA22

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image #1 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Alan Cressler: Tillandsia flexuosa, on Rhizophora mangle, Nine Mile Pond Canoe Trail, Everglades National Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Tillandsia flexuosa© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷

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