Taxon: Tillandsia flexuosa Sw.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• banded airplant   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  
• twisted airplant   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Grenada; St. Vincent and Grenadines; West Indies
  Mesoamerica: Central America
  South America [n.]

References:

• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
• Espejo-Serna, A. et al. 2004. Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with notes on species distribution and levels of endemism. Selbyana 25:60.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Lasser, T., ed. 1964–. Flora de Venezuela.
• León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 1982. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis.
• Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname.
• Rauh, W. 1981. Bromelien. 135.
• Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(2):977–980.
• Smith, L. B. 1967. Bromeliaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14(3):51.
• St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands.
• Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Flora del Avila.
• The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. Plants of the East Caribbean online database (on-line resource).
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Tillandsia flexuosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Tillandsia flexuosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Tillandsia flexuosa.

Synonyms:

• (=) Tillandsia aloifolia Hook.
  

Check other web resources for Tillandsia flexuosa Sw.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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