Tillandsia fendleri var. fendleri

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. 1967. Bromeliaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 15-68.

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Tillandsia fendleri var. fendleri

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Venezuela: Chimanta Massif. Ptaritepui. Cerro Sipapo (Paraque). Cerro Diablo, Cerro Turumuquire. Auyan-tepui. El Dorado to Santa Elena. Cerro Venamo. British Guiana: Kaieteur. At 1000-2410 m elevation. Also the West Indies to Peru and Bolivia. Habitat: Terrestrial and epiphytic. Damp open ground. Bluffs. Moist forest. Scrub forest. Bonnetia roraimae forest.

  • Discussion

    Tillandsia excelsa var. latifolia Griseb. Nachr. Ges. Wiss. Goett. 1864: 17. 1865.

    Tillandsia paniculata p. fendleri Mez in DC. Monogr. Phan. 9: 703. 1896.

    Tillandsia rubra sensu L. B. Smith, Contr. Gray Herb. 95: 46. 1931, in part, not R. & P. 1802.

    Tillandsia deppeana var. latifolia L. B. Smith, Phytologia 5: 394. 1956.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Venezuela: Chimanta Massif. Ptaritepui. Cerro Sipapo (Paraque). Cerro Diablo, Cerro Turumuquire. Auyan-tepui. El Dorado to Santa Elena. Cerro Venamo. British Guiana: Kaieteur. At 1000-2410 m elevation. Also the West Indies to Peru and Bolivia. Habitat: Terrestrial and epiphytic. Damp open ground. Bluffs. Moist forest. Scrub forest. Bonnetia roraimae forest.

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