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.
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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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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