Tillandsia festucoides

Tillandsia festucoides, commonly known as the fescue airplant,[3] is a species of bromeliad that is native to the Greater Antilles, Mexico, the Cayman Islands, and Central America.[2][4]

Tillandsia festucoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Species:	T. festucoides
Binomial name
Tillandsia festucoides Brongn. ex Mez[1]
Synonyms[2]
Tillandsia caricifolia E.Morren ex Mez

Cultivars

• Tillandsia 'Festubail' (T. festucoides × T. baileyi)[5][6][7][8]

References

1. "Tillandsia festucoides". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. "Tillandsia festucoides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
4. "Tillandsia festucoides Brongn. ex Mez (in A.C.P. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 678. 1896.)". Flora of the West Indies. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
5. "The BSI Cultivar Registry" (PDF). Bromeliad Society International. 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
6. 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..
7. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
8. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

• An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
• Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009