Tillandsia argentina C.Wright
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Comments:
- Comments from L. B. Smith, Proc. Am. Acad. (Contr. Gray Herb. 106) 70: 172. 1935.
Baker, Mez, Castellanos and Harms have all considered this species as identical with T. unca Griseb., but none of them cite the type of T. unca and I have not been able to locate it as yet either. However, there is ample evidence in the original description to prove that true T. unca is nearly related to if not identical with T. pulchella Hook.
Venturi 1315 from Barranca Colorado, Tucuman, combines the characters of T. argentina and of T. ixioides; which have both been collected from that locality. The hybridizing of T. argentina with a species of Anoplophytum and its possession of plicate filaments make it seem logical to include it in that section. Such action means that Anoplophytum, like Allardtia and Platystachys, must include both simple distichous and simple polystichous types of inflorescence and must be characterized by the form of its filaments.
Comments from R Ehlers 2/1996
T. argentina has been found in Bolivia. I have slides from Vieweg /Balfanz for Oct. 1994 which they made between Tarija and Navarez 2000m. And I have plants in our collection collected by Haugg from 2-3 different locations. Lotte Hromradnik told me she found it before in Bolivia and always between1500 & 2000m. all these plants look like Argentinian plants, never like T. hasei. Also T. hasei grows more tha 1000m higher —See Smith & Downs 1977
