Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.
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Authority
Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (2): 663-1492. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type. Sloane s n (holotype BM, GH photo), without exact locality, Jamaica.
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Synonyms
Renealmia recurvata L., Tillandsia uniflora Kunth, Diaphoranthema uniflora (Kunth) Beer, Diaphoranthema recurvata (L.) Beer, Tillandsia monostachys Baker ex Gillies, Tillandsia recurvata f. genuina André, Tillandsia recurvata f. elongata André, Tillandsia recurvata f. major André, Tillandsia recurvata f. minor André, Tillandsia recurvata f. contorta André, Tillandsia recurvata f. caespitosa André, Tillandsia recurvata f. brevifolia André, Tillandsia recurvata f. argentea André, Tillandsia recurvata var. ciliata Mez ex E.Morren in Mart., Tillandsia recurvata var. contorta (André) André, Tillandsia recurvata var. minuta Mez in Mart., Tillandsia recurvata var. majuscula Mez in Mart., Tillandsia pauciflora Griseb., Tillandsia cordobensis Hieron.
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Description
Description - Plant somewhat variable in indument and dimensions of stem and leaf but reliable subspecific classification impossible without careful study of living material, 4-23 cm long when in flower; stems densely massed, simple or few-branched, 1-10 cm long, typically much shorter than the leaves but occasionally about equaling them; roots present. Leaves distichous-ranked, 3-17 cm long, densely pruinose-lepidote with cinereous or ferruginous scales; sheaths elliptic-ovate, thin, many-nerved with a broad hyaline nerveless margin, the extreme base glabrous, elsewhere densely lepidote and with a ciliate margin of elongate scales, imbricate and completely concealing the stem; blades typically recurved, sometimes only spreading or even erect, linear, terete, 0.5-2 mm in diameter, rather soft with a weak point. Scape terminal, always prominent, to 13 cm long, about 0.5 mm in diameter; scape-bracts linear-lanceolate, lepidote, 1 or very rarely 2 immediately below the inflorescence, sometimes one next the inflorescence and one remote. Inflorescence typically 1-2-flowered or rarely to 5-flowered, dense; floral bracts like the scape-bracts but smaller, typically equaling or longer than the sepals but often distinctly shorter, several-nerved, densely lepidote; flowers erect, subsessile. Sepals lanceolate, usually acute, 4-9 mm long, thin, with 3 or more prominent nerves, typically glabrous but towards the southern limits of the species somewhat lepidote in an increasing proportion of specimens; petals narrow, pale violet or white; stamens deeply included, exceeding the pistil. Capsule slenderly cylindric, abruptly short-beaked, to 3 cm long.
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Distribution
Epiphytic and sometimes terrestrial in dry habitats, from near sea level to 3000 m alt, southernmost United States to Argentina.
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