Tillandsia sinuosa L.B.Sm.[as Tillandsia sinuosa (L.B.Smith) M.A.Spencer & L.B.Smith]

Diagnose: —acaulis, fere 6 dm. alta: foliis rosulatis, ad 23 cm longis, dense adpresseque puntulato-lepidotis, basi in vaginam ovatam, bruneam dilitatis, laminis anguste triangularibus, longe acuminatis, 20 mm latis: scapo erecto, gracili, vainis anguste ellipticis, apiculatis, dense inbricatis induto: inflorescentia laxe tripinnata, 30 cm longa, 12 cm lata, fere glabra: bracteis primariis anguste lanceolatis, quam ramos axillaris multo brevioribus: spicis anguste lenearibus, 5 cm longis, 5 mm latis, laxe 14-floris, rhachis sinuosa, gracillima, pauce lepidota: bracteis floriegeris erectis, ovato-acautis, 5-6 mm longis, flores sequantibus, lepidotis, sulcatis, ad apicem versus carinatis, incurvis: floribus minutis, erectis; sepalis asymmeticis, anguste obovatis, apiculatis, lepidotis; petalis quam sepala minute longioribus, acutis, citrinis, punctulatis: stamina profunde inclusis, stylo longioribus, antheris ovoideis, apice minute mucronatis: capsula graciliter cylindrica, 2 cm longa.

Edited from : Smith & Downs 1977. (protologue) Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). in Flora Neotropica.