Tillandsia pringlei S.Watson

Taxonomic Change:

• Treated as a synonym of Tillandsia utriculata —See Gardner 1982 p. 234
• New combination and status: as subsp. of Tillandsia utriculata L. —See Gardner 1984a p. 366
• Treated in Smith & Downs (1977) as a synonym of T. karwinskyana Schult.f.
  Accepted as distinct species —See Espejo et al. 2004 p. 69

Literature references:

Brom. J. Queensl.: 39(1):8* BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) J. Bromeliad Soc.: 36:78* NY Bot. Garden Smith & Downs 1977: 967 Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 17(1)*

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Comments:

• Ecology and distribution: this species is distributed in the Sierra Madre Oriental, in the States of Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas (Figure 42), between Parallels 21° and 23° N, in the biogeographical province of the Sierra Madre Oriental (classification according to Morrone, 2001, 2005). It occurs at altitudes of 450 and 2000 m above sea level, on calcareous sponge rock or occasionally as epiphyte in areas of low deciduous forest, Holm oak or pine oak forest, at temperate subhumid or warm subhumid.