Tillandsia fasciculata

Tillandsia fasciculata, commonly known as the giant airplant, giant wild pine, or cardinal airplant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, northern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil), and the southeastern United States (Georgia and Florida). Within the United States, this airplant is at risk of extirpation from the Mexican bromeliad weevil, Metamasius callizona. A related plant, Tillandsia utriculata, sometimes called the "wild pine", is endemic to the same areas.

Tillandsia fasciculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:
T. fasciculata
Binomial name
Tillandsia fasciculata
Synonyms
  • Tillandsia eminens Lindl.
  • Vriesea glaucophylla Hook.
  • Platystachys glaucophylla (Hook.) Beer
  • Platystachys havanensis Beer
  • Tillandsia havanensis Beer
  • Tillandsia macrostachya Klotzsch ex Beer
  • Tillandsia pungens Mez
  • Tillandsia beutelspacheri Matuda ex L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia wilsonii S.Watson
  • Tillandsia hystricina Small
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