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Tillandsia euryelytra is a synonym of:

Racinaea euryelytra J.R.Grant

Publ: Phytologia. 76: 284-5. (1994)

Type: ECUADOR. Loja.: 88 km north of Loja. on road to Cuenca, 3050 m, 04 Oct 1981, Luther,Besse, & Halton 683 (HOLOTYPE: SEL).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Loja,

Habitat: in dryer cloudforest, 1500-3050 m. Elev.

Etymology: The epithet derives from the Greek, eury, wide, and elytra, sheath, to emphasize its large, wide, leaf sheaths.

Racinaea euryelytra