Tillandsia flexuosa

Tillandsia flexuosa, the twisted airplant,[2] is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, southeastern Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) and the United States (Florida).[1][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Tillandsia flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Species:	T. flexuosa
Binomial name
Tillandsia flexuosa Swartz
Synonyms[1]
Anoplophytum flexuosum (Sw.) Beer Tillandsia aloifolia Hook. Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer Vriesea tenuifolia Beer Platystachys patens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. "Tillandsia flexuosa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
3. Flora of North America, Tillandsia flexuosa Swartz, Prodr. 56. 1788.
4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
5. An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
6. Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism Archived 2007-10-30 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 3 November 2009
7. Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
8. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.