Tillandsia bulbosa

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Tillandsioideae
Tribus: Tillandsieae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: T. subg. Tillandsia
Species: Tillandsia bulbosa
Name

Tillandsia bulbosa Hook., Exot. Fl. 3(26): t. 173. 1825.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Platystachys bulbosa (Hook.) Beer, Fam. Brom. 83. 1857 publ. 1856.

Heterotypic
Platystachys erythraea (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer, Fam. Brom. 83. 1857 publ. 1856.
Platystachys inanis (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer, Fam. Brom. 82. 1857 publ. 1856.
Pourretia hanisiana E.Morren, Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 3: 255. 1847, nom. inval.
Tillandsia bulbosa f. alba Takiz., J. Bromeliad Soc. 53(2): 51 (54; figs. 1-2). 2003.
Tillandsia bulbosa var. brasiliensis Schult. f., Syst. Veg. (ed. 15 bis) 7(2): 1212. 1830.
Tillandsia bulbosa var. picta Hook., Curtis, Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4288. 1847.
Tillandsia erythraea Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 160. 1850-1851.
Tillandsia inanis Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 159. 1850-1851.
Tillandsia pumila Lindl. & Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 160. 1850-1851.
Tillandsia pumila Griseb., Geogr. Verbr. Pfl. Westind. 1864: 16. 1865, nom. illeg. non Lindl. & Paxton (1850-1851).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America
Bahamas; Belize; Brazil North; Brazil Northeast; Brazil Southeast; Cayman Is.; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Jamaica; Leeward Is.; Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Suriname; Trinidad-Tobago; Venezuela; Venezuelan Antilles; Windward Is.
Continental: Northern America
Mexico Gulf; Mexico Southeast

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Hooker, W.J. (1825) Exotic Flora 3 : t. 173.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tillandsia bulbosa in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 01. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tillandsia bulbosa. Published online. Accessed: Jul 01 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Tillandsia bulbosa in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 01.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tillandsia bulbosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 01.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tillandsia bulbosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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]
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

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tillandsia bulbosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
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.
Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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.
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
Smith, L.B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae), Part II. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 14(2): 663–1492.
BSI Cultivar Registry Retrieved 11 October 2009