Tillandsia confinis var. caudata
L.B.Sm.
Taxonomic Change:
Maybe this is a hybrid. It is found within populations of the type variety, and rare, and it is much larger and much more lepidote on the leaves. (
personal communication with Eric Gouda
)
Literature references:
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard.
:
73:715h,721
FCBS (Web)
Holst 1997
:
666
Smith & Downs 1977
:
705
Smithson. Inst. Bot.l Ill.
U.S. Nat. Herb.