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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Tillandsia pungens Mez:
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Tillandsia beutelspacheri Matuda:
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/513
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Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Fl. Neotrop. 14(2): 663–1492.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6105
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Tillandsia fasciculata var. unispica Mez:
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Smith, L. B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 33: 1–311.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6077
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D'Arcy, W. G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: v–xxx, 1–328.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1289
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Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Fl. Neotrop. 14(2): 663–1492.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6105
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Tillandsia fasciculata var. convexispica Mez:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Smith, L. B. 1958. Bromeliaceae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala , Part I. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(1): 380–476.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6078
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D'Arcy, W. G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: v–xxx, 1–328.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1289
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Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Fl. Neotrop. 14(2): 663–1492.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6105
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Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Suriname (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
El Salvador (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Suriname (South America)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Cowan, C. P. 1983. Flora de Tabasco. Listados Floríst. México 1: 1–123.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/511
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Molina Rosito, A. 1975. Enumeración de las plantas de Honduras. Ceiba 19(1): 1–118.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/866
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Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55: 1–584.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1033072
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Smith, L. B. 1958. Bromeliaceae. In Standley, P.C. & Steyermark, J.A. (Eds), Flora of Guatemala , Part I. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(1): 380–476.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6078
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Smith, L. B. 1971. Bromeliaceae. 12(1): 1–361. In Fl. Venezuela. Fondo Editorial Acta Cientifica Venezolana, Caracas.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1765
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Smith, L. B. 1957. The Bromeliaceae of Colombia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 33: 1–311.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6077
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Morales, J. F. 2003. Bromeliaceae. In: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 92: 297–375.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1021926
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Holst, B. K. 1994. Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with notes on species distribution by state and levels of endemism. Selbyana 15: 132–149.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/47045
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Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Fl. Trop. Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1506
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Correa A., M. D., C. Galdames & M. N. S. Stapf. 2004. Cat. Pl. Vasc. Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1031911
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Breedlove, D. E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Floríst. México 4: i–v, 1–246.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/513
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Sousa Sánchez, M. & E. F. Cabrera Cano. 1983. Flora de Quintana Roo. Listados Floríst. México 2: 1–100.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/512
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Reyes-García, A. & M. Sousa Sánchez. 1997. Depresión central de Chiapas. La selva baja caducifolia. Listados Floríst. México 17: 1–41.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1010515
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Small, J. K. 1933. Man. S.E. Fl. i–xxii, 1–1554. Published by the Author, New York.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1515
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Martínez Salas, E. M., M. Sousa Sánchez & C. H. Ramos Álvarez. 2001. Región de Calakmul, Campeche. Listados Floríst. México 22: 1–55.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1018508
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Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A. O. Chater. (eds.) 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: i–xvi, 1–543.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/8200
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Utley, J. F. 1994. 5. Tillandsia L. Fl. Mesoamer. 6: 100–122.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1006211
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Pérez, A., M. Sousa Sánchez, A. M. Hanan-Alipi, F. Chiang Cabrera & P. Tenorio L. 2005. Vegetación terrestre. 65–110. In Biodivers. Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1030034
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Novelo, A. & L. Ramos. 2005. Vegetación acuática. Cap. 5: 111–144. In Biodivers. Tabasco. CONABIO-UNAM, México.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1030036
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Balick, M. J., M. Nee & D. E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85: i–ix, 1–246.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014725
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Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., R. D. C. Ortiz, R. Callejas Posada & M. Merello. 2011. Flora de Antioquia. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares, vol. 2. Listado de las Plantas Vasculares del Departamento de Antioquia. Pp. 1-939.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100008595
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D'Arcy, W. G. 1987. Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Part 1: The introduction and checklist. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: v–xxx, 1–328.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1289
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García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. Meave del Castillo. 2011. Divers. Florist. Oaxaca 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100009052
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Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Fl. Neotrop. 14(2): 663–1492.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/6105
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Physical Description
Morphology
Description
Plants clustering, flowering to 65 cm. Stems short. Leaves 20--50, many-ranked, erect to spreading, gray to gray-green, 25--50 ´ 1--2.5 cm, grayish-scaly; sheath dark rust colored toward base, broadly elliptic, flat, not forming pseudobulb, 3--4 cm wide; blade narrowly triangular, tapering evenly from base to apex, stiff, leathery, channeled to involute, apex attenuate. Inflorescences: scape conspicuous, erect or ascending, 10--35 cm, 4--8 mm diam.; bracts densely imbricate, erect to spreading, like leaves but gradually smaller; sheath of bracts narrowing gradually into blade; spikes erect to spreading, densely palmate to laxly 2(--3)-pinnate, narrowly elliptic, compressed, 5--20 ´ 1.5--2.5 cm, apex acute; lateral branches 3--15. Floral bracts imbricate, erect, red, red-yellow-green, or green, broad (covering all or most of rachis, rachis not visible at anthesis), elliptic, keeled, 2--4.8 ´ 1.2--2 cm, thin-leathery, base not visible at anthesis, apex acute, surfaces glabrous or slightly scaly toward apex, venation even to slight. Flowers 10--50, conspicuous; sepals with adaxial pair connate, lanceolate, to 1/2 keeled, to 4.2 cm, leathery, slightly veined, apex acute, surfaces glabrous to slightly scaly; corolla tubular, petals erect, violet (white), ligulate, 5--6 cm; stamens exserted; stigma exserted, conduplicate-spiral. Fruits to 4 cm.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 4 specimens in 1 taxon.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 0
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Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 0
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Tillandsia fasciculata
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

No available public DNA sequences.
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No available public DNA sequences.
Download FASTA File
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Tillandsia fasciculata
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable
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Wikipedia
Tillandsia fasciculata
Tillandsia fasciculata, commonly known as the Giant Airplant,[2] is a species of bromeliad that is native to Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela and Florida in the United States.[3]
Cultivars
- Tillandsia 'Beauty'
- Tillandsia 'Casallena'
- Tillandsia 'Cathcart'
- Tillandsia 'Chevalieri'
- Tillandsia 'Chiquininga'
- Tillandsia 'Ervin Wurthmann'
- Tillandsia 'Florida'
- Tillandsia 'Hines Poth'
- Tillandsia 'Jalapa Fortin'
- Tillandsia 'Latas au Pair'
- Tillandsia 'Maria Teresa L.'
- Tillandsia 'Miz Ellen'
- Tillandsia 'Neerdie'
- Tillandsia 'Pachuca'
- Tillandsia 'Silver Bullets'
- Tillandsia 'Summer Dawn'
- Tillandsia 'Sybil Frasier'
- Tillandsia 'Tropiflora'
- Tillandsia 'Unamit'
- Tillandsia 'Verraco'
- Tillandsia 'Veteran'
References
- ^ Isley, Paul T.. Tillandsia: the World's Most Unusual Air Plants. Volume 1. Botanical Press. p. 54.
- ^ a b "Tillandsia fasciculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42364. Retrieved 2012-08-15.
- ^ Neyland, Ray (2009). Wildflowers of the Coastal Plain: A Field Guide. Louisiana State University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-80-713407-8.
- 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
- Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
- Bromeliaceae of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) retrieved 30 October 2009
- BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009
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