Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia

Tillandsia ionantha Planch.

First published in Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 10: 101 (1855)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Central America. It is an epiphyte or lithophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá

Introduced into:

Florida

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Cáceres González, D.A., Schulte, K., Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2011). A synopsis of the Bromeliaceae of Panama, including new records for the country. Willdenowia 41: 357-369.
  • Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
  • Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pulido-Esparza, V.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. (2004). Flora Bromeliológia del estado de Guerrero, México: riqueza y distribución. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 55-104.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Benzing, D. H. (2000).  Bromeliaceae: Profile of an Adaptive Radiation. Cambridge University Press.
  • Govaerts, R., Dransfield, J., Zona, S.F, Hodel, D.R. & Henderson, A. (2010).  World Checklist of Bromeliaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pemberton, R. & Lu, H. (2007). Rare naturalization of an ornamental  Tillandsia, Tillandsia ionantha in southern Florida.  Selbyana 2: 150-153.
  • Read, M. (1989). Bromeliads threatened by trade.  Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 122: 29.
  • Romand-Monnier, F. (2009).  Tillandsia ionantha. Assessment using IUCN Categories and Criteria 3.1 (IUCN 2001). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Smith, L.B. & Downs, R.J. (1977).  Tillandsioideae in Flora Neotropica. Monograph No. 14. part 2. N.Y. Hafner Press, New York.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cáceres González, D.A., Schulte, K., Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2011). A synopsis of the Bromeliaceae of Panama, including new records for the country. Willdenowia 41: 357-369.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Stevens, W.D.; Krukoff, B.A. [11165] Nicaragua K000481004 Yes
Mar 1, 1983 Hinton, G.B. [3913] Mexico K000481055 Yes
Jan 1, 1983 Hinton, G.B. [3653] Mexico K000465004 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Hinton, G.B. [14256] Mexico K000465019 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0