Tillandsia ionantha

Tillandsia ionantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
Species: T. ionantha
Binomial name
Tillandsia ionantha
Planchon
Synonyms[1]
  • Pityrophyllum gracile Beer
  • Tillandsia rubentifolia Poiss. & Menet

Tillandsia ionantha, the sky plant,[2] is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America and Mexico. It is also reportedly naturalized in Broward County, Florida.[1][3][4][5]

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha - most of species range
  2. Tillandsia ionantha var. stricta Koide - Oaxaca

Cultivars

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Tillandsia ionantha". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
  4. Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine. retrieved 3 November 2009
  5. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009


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