Gilmartin 1977 (Article) Tillandsia

Variation And Distribution: A New Bromeliad Taxon From Ecuador*

Author(s):—A.J. Gilmartin

Publication:—Taxon 26(2/3): 223-226. (1977)

Abstract:—Summary. Numerical taxonomic and classical methods are used to describe a pattern of variation within a cosmopolitan species of epiphytic bromeliad. Two distinct assemblages were recognized and each of their geographic distributions include a wide range of partially interdigitating habitats. The typical subspecies is largely coastal but ranges up the slopes of the andes. The new subspecies is mostly andean. The Massenerhebung or mountain mass effect is considered partly responsible for its distribution on isolated cerros among the hills of the coastal plains and at higher elevations within the western Cordillera of the andes.

Published names (1):

Tillandsia complanata subsp. latifolia