Guzmania monostachia (Linnaeus) Rusby ex Mez. Common name: West Indian Tufted-airplant, West Indian Guzmania. Habitat: Epiphytic on trees in swamps and wet tropical hammocks. Distribution: S. peninsular FL; West Indies; Central America and South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, K4, Meso6, WH3; = Guzmania monostachya Rusby ex Mez — S, orthographic variant; > Guzmania monostachia (L.) Rusby ex Mez var. monostachia — FNA22; > Guzmania monostachia (L.) Rusby ex Mez var. variegata M.B.Foster — FNA22; Renealmia monostachia Linnaeus — (basionym)
Links to other floras: > Guzmania monostachia var. variegata - FNA22; > Guzmania monostachia var. monostachia - FNA22
Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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