Tillandsia bulbosa

Tillandsia bulbosa, the bulbous airplant,[2] is a species in the genus Tillandsia. It is widespread across Central America, the West Indies, southern Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), and northern and eastern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, the Guianas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Alagoas, Amapá, Pernambuco).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Tillandsia bulbosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Species:	T. bulbosa
Binomial name
Tillandsia bulbosa Hooker
Synonyms[1]
Platystachys bulbosa (Hook.) Beer Tillandsia bulbosa var. brasiliensis Schult. & Schult.f. Tillandsia bulbosa var. picta Hook. Tillandsia erythraea Lindl. & Paxton Tillandsia pumila Lindl. & Paxton Platystachys erythraea (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer Tillandsia bulbosa f. alba Takiz. Tillandsia pumila Griseb. 1865, illegitimate homonym, not Lindl. & Paxton 1850

Cultivars

• Tillandsia 'Canina'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Chanza'[10]
• Tillandsia 'First Born'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Hyde's Silver'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Joel'[10]
• Tillandsia 'June Bug'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Kacey'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Mark Goddard'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Rechoncho'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Royal Sceptre'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Showtime'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Timm's Twister'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Veteran'[10]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. "Tillandsia bulbosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
3. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2005). Monocotyledons and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 52: 1-415.
4. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
5. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
6. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
7. Martinelli, G., Magalhães Vieira, C., Gonzalez, M., Leitman, P., Piratininga, A. Ferreira da Costa, A. & Campostrini Forzza, R. (2008). Bromeliaceae da Mata Atlântica Brasileira: lista de espécies, distribuição e conservação. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 59: 209-258.
8. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
9. Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(2): 663–1492.
10. BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009