Tillandsia circinnatoides Matuda

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Tillandsia circinnatoides Matuda

  • Type

    Type. Matuda 38432 (holotype MEXU, isotype US), dry ravine near Chilpancingo, 1500 m alt, Guerrero, Mexico, 22 Feb 1972.

  • Description

    Description - Plant stemless, often densely aggregated, flowering 10-20 cm high. Leaves few, coarsely sulcate, 7-16 cm long, covered with coarse, appressed cinereous scales; sheaths large, ovate, forming a narrow pseudobulb, merging into the blades, the outer ones reduced and bladeless; blades narrowly triangular, involute subulate, curved. Scape erect, short and hidden by the leaves. Inflorescence simple, lance-oblong, attenuate, curved, 5-10 cm long, 15-20 mm wide, complanate. Floral bracts densely imbricate, elliptic, broadly acute, 2-3 cm long, exceeding the sepals, carinate at apex, strongly nerved, thin, roseate, densely lepidote; flowers subsessile. Sepals lanceolate, to 25 mm long, chartaceous, lepidote, free or the posterior short-connate; petals tubular-erect, 40 mm long, blue to dark violet; stamens and style long-exserted. Capsule subtrigonous-cylindric, to 35 mm long.

  • Discussion

    Note. It has not been possible to reverify all material cited under Tillandsia circinnata Schlechtendal since the publication of T. circinnatoides Matuda. It is possible that some specimens of the latter species are not yet discovered.

  • Distribution

    On cacti, trees, and bushes in dry areas, 600-1500 m alt, south-central Mexico, Costa Rica.

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