Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia

Tillandsia espinosae L.B.Sm.

First published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 29: 498 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ecuador to Peru. It is an epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ecuador, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Grant, J.R. (2004 publ. 2005). New combinations and names in Andean Pitcairnia, Tillandsia and Werauhia (Bromeliaceae). Vidalia; Revista da unidade de pesquisa e consevação de Bromeliaceae 2(2): 23-25.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Vriesea espinosae.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. 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 2024. 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