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Tillandsia vernardoi is a synonym of:

<- Tillandsia socialis L.B.Sm.
(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Phytologia 6: 257 pl. 1 figs. 1, 2 (1958)

Type: Mexico. Chiapas: at bridge of Gravilja [Grijalva], 1219 m, 6 Apr. 1957, M. B. Foster & C. C. Van Hyning (holotype, US).

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Distribution: Mexico: Chiapas, Oaxaca

Habitat: saxicolous on rocks, in areas of low deciduous or subdeciduous forests, in tropical subhumid to semiarid temperate areas, 650-2000 m. Elev.

Etymology: The etymology was not specified in the protologue but likely refers to the fact that these plants grow in clusters.

Phenology: Flowering occurs in March and April; fruiting is not recorded.

Tillandsia socialis
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