Gouda 2017b (Article) Tillandsia [German]

Notes on the Tillandsia tenuifolia Linnaeus complex

Author(s):—E.J. Gouda

Publication:—Die Bromelie 2017(1): 19-23. (2017)

German title:—Bemerkungen zum Tillandsia tenuifolia Linnaeus Komplex

Abstract:—Tillandsia tenuifolia sensu lato is a very variable species and forms a complex of varieties and forms as well as several related species with a simple inflorescence with inflated floral bracts that are often brightly coloured, less often green. They have adaxial sepals that are highly connate and sharply carinate or, less often, less than half connate (Tillandsia montana Reitz). Some of the Tillandsia tenuifolia forms are difficult to distinguish from other species in the complex, for example from Tillandsia aeranthos L.B. Smith (1943) and Tillandsia araujei Mez (1894). The infraspecific taxa (varieties) are poorly circumscribed and need to be studied further. In this article some of the problems are cleared and new varieties are described and illustrated.

Published names (2):

Tillandsia tenuifolia var. glaucifolia
Tillandsia tenuifolia var. nigrifolia