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Tillandsia limbata Schltdl.

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Linnaea 18: 419 (1844)

Type: Mexico. Veracruz: Hacienda de la Laguna, in arboribus, Aug. 1829, C. J. W. Schiede s.n. (lectotype, designated by Weber [1984: 587], HAL!, amended here; isolectotype, HAL).

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Distribution: Mexico: Chiapas, Hidalgo, Puebla, Quer´etaro, San Luis Potosí, Tabasco, Veracruz,

Habitat: epiphyte in temperate humid and warm humid areas, and up in high evergreen forest and mountain cloud forest, 5–1700 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet likely refers to the rachis, which is one color edged by another color. Phenology. Flowering occurs in April to September, with a single report for November. Fruiting occurs June to February.

Phenology: Flowering occurs in April to September, with a single report for November. Fruiting occurs June to February

Tillandsia limbata