Tillandsia × smalliana

Tillandsia × smalliana is a natural hybrid (T. balbisiana × T. fasciculata) in the genus Tillandsia. This plant is native to the US state of Florida.[1][2][3] Some reports indicate that it may formerly have existed also in Central America, but is now apparently extinct there.[4]

Tillandsia × smalliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Monocots
(unranked):
Commelinids
Order:
Poales
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:
Tillandsioideae
Genus:
Tillandsia
Species:
T. × smalliana
Binomial name
Tillandsia × smalliana
H. Luther

The name is not considered to be validly published because its initial 1985 coinage was not accompanied by a Latin description.[4]

References
  1. Flora of North America, Tillandsia × smalliana H. Luther, Phytologia. 57:176. 1985.
  2. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  3. Bromeliaceae of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) retrieved 30 October 2009
  4. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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