Tillandsia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Mexico and Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras).[1][2][3] It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1941.[4] As of October 2022[update], the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads regarded it as a natural hybrid of Tillandsia rodrigueziana and Tillandsia rotundata.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Tillandsia |
| Subgenus: | Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia |
| Species: | T. polita
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| Binomial name | |
| Tillandsia polita | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-25
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Ramírez-morillo, Ivón; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry E.; Till, Walter (1 June 2004). "Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 25 (1): 33–86. ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41760147.
- ^ "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-25
- ^ "Tillandsia x polita L.B.Sm". Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Retrieved 2022-10-25.