Diagnose: —A Tillandsia fasciculata Swartz cui affinis, sed tota badio umbrinus vel rubescentia, spicis multo minoribus, folia multa dense fasciculata, lamina angosto linearia, canaliculata, longe-caudata, involuta, 40 cm longa, 1cm lata differt.Edited from (12-10-2012): Smith & Downs 1977. (protologue) Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). in Flora Neotropica.