Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Manuel María Caballero Prov.

• Locality

  3 km SW of Laguna Brava, 5.7 km (by road) N of turnoff from the Comarapa-Cochabamba highway

• Elevation

  Alt. 2725 m. (8940 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -17.8183, -64.625

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.
det. M. Nee, 2003
Depto. Santa Cruz, Prov. Caballero, 3 km SW of Laguna
Brava, 5.7 km (by road) N of turnoff from the Comarapa-
Cochabamba highway. Lower edge of cloud forest at ecotone
with dry valley, with many cleared patches for cultivation of
Fragaria, Daucus carota and other vegetables, with
Oreopanax steinbachianus, Crinodendron tucumanum,
Gaiodendron punctatum, Prumnopitys exigua, Podocarpus
parlatorei, Morelia chevallieri.
17°49.1’S, 64°37.5’W alt. 2725 m.
Festooned off large tree of Prumnopitys exigua ; much Usnea
also epiphytic on this tree.
Coll.: M. Nee & M. Mendoza 52508a 6 Aug. 2003
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