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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

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Guzmania monostachia, Fakahatchee Strand, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Guzmania monostachia, Fakahatchee Strand, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Guzmania monostachia, Campyloneurum phyllitidis, and Zizaniopsis miliacea, Fakahatchee Strand, The Cathedral, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward; Guzmania monostachia var. variegata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Guzmania monostachia var. variegata, Fakahatchee Strand, The Cathedral, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Guzmania monostachia, Campyloneurum phyllitidis, and Campyloneurum costatum, Fakahatchee Strand, The Cathedral, Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Collier County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷

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