Tillandsia balbisiana Schultes f.. Common name: Southern Needleleaf, Cuttlefish. Habitat: Epiphytic on trees in hammocks and scrub. Distribution: Peninsular FL; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA22, K4, Meso6, Mex, S, S13, WH3. Basionym: Tillandsia balbisiana Schult.f. 1830
Links to other floras: = Tillandsia balbisiana - FNA22
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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