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Tillandsia yuccoides García-Martínez & Beutelspacher

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 74(4): 201- fig. 1, 2 (2025)

Type: MÉXICO. CHIAPAS: Municipio de Soyaló, sendero la montaña, colonia San Antonio Zaragoza, bosque tropical subperennifolio, 22 Dec 2023, 93° 01’ 20.81’’ O, 16° 54’ 57.25” N, 982 m s.n.m. R. García Martínez 169 (fl) (Holotype: CHIP) (Isotype: HEM). Paratypes: C. R. Beutelspacher 5359, 5360 & 5361, 12 Dec 2022 (Cultivated),(HEM)

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Distribution: MEXICO: CHIAPAS

Habitat: Epiphyte in tropical subdeciduous Quercus forest, ca 980 m. Elev.

Etymology: From the greek -οειδής- ‘oides’ (resembled to), in this case due to the elongated shape of the rosettes, similar to the plants of Yucca guatemalensis (Asparagaceae)

Tillandsia yuccoides