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Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia

Tillandsia Linnaeus. Common name: Airplant, Wild-pine, Spanish-moss, Ball-moss.

Key to Tillandsia

A genus of more than 650 species, herbs (mainly epiphytic or epilithic), of s. North America south to s. South America.

Glossary (beta)

Subfamily: Tillandsioideae.

References: Barfuss et al. (2016); Donadío, Pozner, & Giussani (2015); Franck & Weakley (2018) In Weakley et al. (2018a); Luther & Brown (2000b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2000); Pinzón et al. (2019); Smith & Till (1998) In Kubitzki (1998b). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Aidan Campos | Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Tillandsia usneoides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia pruinosa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia ionantha | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Tillandsia utriculata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Tillandsia paucifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Tillandsia usneoides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Tillandsia flexuosa source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Tillandsia balbisiana source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Tillandsia setacea source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: tillandsia bartramii, little withlacoochee river swamp, withlacoochee state forest, sumter county, florida 1 by Alan Cressler | Tillandsia bartramii source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Paul Marcum | Tillandsia recurvata source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Tillandsia setacea source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Tillandsia usneoides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce Sorrie | Tillandsia usneoides | Original Image ⭷

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