Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia

Tillandsia complanata Benth.

First published in Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 173 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a lithophyte or epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guyana, Jamaica, Panamá, Peru, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 7, 1983 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador K000321854 Type Yes
Mar 7, 1983 Sinclair [s.n.] Ecuador K000321853 Type Yes
Mar 3, 1983 Purdie [s n] Jamaica K000321760 Type Yes
Broadway, W.E. [6780] Trinidad and Tobago K002272918 Yes
Hutchison, P.C.; Wright, J.K. [3884] Peru K002273340 Yes
Bjerrum Madsen, E.; Balslev, H. [84354] Ecuador K002273330 Yes
Lehmann; Eggers [15152] Ecuador K002273331 Yes
Aitken, T.H.G. [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002272917 Yes
Owens, R.T.; Gaffee, K.A. [11] Venezuela K002273326 Yes
Boeke, J.D.; Jaramillo, J. [2602] Ecuador K002273332 Yes
André, É. [2248] Colombia K002273324 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Bravo, E. [22983] Ecuador K002273336 Yes
s.coll. [2248] Colombia K002273321 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F.; Azanza, E. [26414] Ecuador K002273335 Yes
Cornejo, X.; Bonifaz, C. [976] Ecuador K002273338 Yes
Robins, R.J. [647] Colombia K002273318 Yes
André, É. [2248] Colombia K002273325 No
Glenn, A.; Bussmann, R.W.; Ocaña, C.V.; Chait, G. [517] Peru K002273339 Yes
Fawcett, W. [7189X] Jamaica K002272920 Yes
André [2248] Colombia K002273322 No
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K002273333 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Ecuador K002273334 Yes
André, É. [2248] Colombia K002273323 Yes
Holm-Nielsen, L.; Jaramillo, J.; Coello, F.; Azanza, E. [26363] Ecuador K002273337 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [10568] Trinidad and Tobago K002272919 Yes
Fendler, A. [1513] Venezuela K002273329 Yes
Cuming [1190] Colombia K002273319 Yes
Ule, E. [8560] Brazil K000976065 Yes
Fendler, A. [1512] Venezuela K002273328 Yes
Robins, R.J. [647] Colombia K002273317 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0