Tillandsia rotundata is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Guatemala, Honduras and southeastern Mexico (Chiapas).[1][2] It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1945 as the variety rotundata of Tillandsia fasciculata and raised to a full species by Cecelia Sue Gardner in 1984.[3]

Tillandsia rotundata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:
T. rotundata
Binomial name
Tillandsia rotundata
(L.B.Sm.) C.S.Gardner[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Tillandsia fasciculata var. rotundata L.B.Sm.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tillandsia rotundata (L.B.Sm.) C.S.Gardner", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-25
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Tillandsia rotundata (L.B.Sm.) C.S.Gardner", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-25