genus Tillandsia L.

Taxonomic Change:

• Type designated: Tillandsia utriculata L. —See Britton & Millspaugh 1920 p. 64

Literature references:

Handler 2016: 141 Morren Icons: kew 20-106* Shimizu & Takizawa 1998 Smith & Downs 1977: 665

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Comments:

• Note:—More than 270 species. Some species positioned here were formerly placed under Tillandsia subg. Pseudalcantarea (T. paniculata) and Vriesea (T. heliconioides, T. malzinei). Several species of former T. subg. Allardtia (including its type T. guatemalensis) are also included here. Tillandsia subg. Allardtia is therefore a synonym of T. subg. Tillandsia. —See Barfuss et al. 2016 p. 47