Tillandsia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Tillandsia']

English: Airplants
مصرى: تيلاندسيا
български: Тиландсия
català: Clavellina d'aire
čeština: Tilandsie
Deutsch: Tillandsien
Esperanto: Tillandsio
español: Clavel del aire
euskara: Aire-lore
فارسی: تیلاندزیا
suomi: Tillandsiat
עברית: טילנדסיה
hrvatski: Tilandsija
hornjoserbsce: Tilandsija
magyar: Szakállbromélia
日本語: チランジア
қазақша: Тилландсия
ಕನ್ನಡ: ಟಿಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ಸೀಯ
한국어: 틸란드시아속
lietuvių: Tilandsija
മലയാളം: ടില്ലാൻഡ്സിയ
polski: Oplątwa
پنجابی: ٹلینڈسیا
русский: Тилландсия
svenska: Tillandsiasläktet
Tiếng Việt: Chi Dứa râu
中文: 空氣鳳梨, 铁兰属, 花凤梨属
中文（中国大陆）: 铁兰属
中文（简体）: 铁兰属
中文（繁體）: 空氣鳳梨
中文（香港）: 空氣鳳梨
中文（新加坡）: 空气凤梨
中文（臺灣）: 鐵蘭屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Cladus: commelinids • Ordo: Poales • Familia: Bromeliaceae • Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae • Genus: Tillandsia L. (1753)

Genus Tillandsia L. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms
- Caraguata Adans., Fam. 2: 67, 532. (1763)
Heterotypic synonyms
- Acanthospora Spreng., Anleit. Kenntn. Gew., ed. 2, 2(1): 255. (1817)
- Allardtia A.Dietr., Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 242. (1852)
- Amalia Endl., Gen. Pl.: 183. (1837)
- Anoplophytum Beer, Flora 37: 346. (1854)
- Bonapartea Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. 3: 38. (1802)
- Buonapartea G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 706. (1839)
- Dendropogon Raf., Neogenyton: 3. (1825)
- Diaphoranthema Beer, Flora 37: 349. (1854)
- Misandra F.Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 5: 102. (1819)
- Phytarrhiza Vis., Mem. Reale Ist. Veneto Sci. 5: 340. (1855)
- Pityrophyllum Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 79. (1856)
- Platystachys K.Koch, Index Seminum (B) 1854 (App.): 11. (1855)
- × Racindsia Takiz., J. Bromeliad Soc. 59: 116. (2009)
- Racinaea M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm., Phytologia 74: 152. (1993)
- Renealmia L., Sp. Pl.: 286. (1753)
- Strepsia Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 645. (1841)
- Viridantha Espejo, Acta Bot. Mex. 60: 27 (2002)
- Wallisia (Regel) E.Morren, Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 20: 97. (1870)

Species

Type species Tillandsia utriculata L. (1753)

Habitat Pictures

Tillandsia spec. on a tree, Cuba
Tillandsia spec. on a tree, near Orosí, Costa Rica
Tillandsia spec. on a tree, near Orosí, Costa Rica
Tillandsia bulbosa on a tree trunk, savanna forest, Suriname

See also: Unidentified Tillandsia.

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Venezuelan **Regional: Central America
  - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile North, Paraguay, Uruguay.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Galápagos, Peru.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Tillandsia.

Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Tillandsia

Tillandsia

Genus Tillandsia L. (1753)

Species

Habitat Pictures

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