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Tillandsia pachyphylla Rossado & Donadío

(species )

Publ: Phytotaxa 756(1): 48-52 fig. 4-6, 11 (2026)

Type: ARGENTINA. Córdoba: Dept. Punilla, Los Mogotes a 5 km de Capilla del Monte, 30°50’38’’S, 64°32’40’’W, 9 July 2013, L.V. Castello 349 (holotype: CORD [CORD00044102]; isotype: WU [WU0015154, online image])

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Distribution: Argentina (northwest to central); Bolivia: Cochabamba, Santa Cruz (disjunct)

Habitat: epiphyte mostly on thorny trees in xerophytic deciduous forests, primarily on low mountain ranges, sometimes forming large clumps (locally very abundant), 350-1600 m. Elev.

Etymology: This species is named for its notably thick and succulent leaf blades [from the Greek: παχύς (pachys) = thick; φύλλα (phylla) = leaves]

Phenology: flowers mainly in December and January

Tillandsia pachyphylla