Bromeliaceae
Tillandsia
Tillandsia ionantha

Tillandsia ionantha var. ionantha

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety 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

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Pringle, C.G. [6856] Mexico K000481006 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Baker, C.F. [2084] Nicaragua K000481008 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Bromel [734] Nicaragua K000481007 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Hinton, G.B. [10112] Mexico K000465002 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Hinton, G.B. [10110] Mexico K000465003 Yes
Jan 1, 1977 Langlasse, E. [253] Mexico K000481005 Yes
Langlassé, E. [998] Mexico K000321715 Type Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • 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