Characteristics
Monocots
Tillandsia variabilis Schltdl.
LEATHERLEAF AIRPLANT; SOFT-LEAVED WILD PINE
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Classification
POALES
Tillandsia variabilis Schltdl. - LEATHERLEAF AIRPLANT; SOFT-LEAVED WILD PINE
Citation
TILLANDSIA VARIABILIS Schlechtendal, Linnaea 18: 418. 1844.
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MEXICO: Veracruz: Near Papantla, Jan 1829, Schiede s.n. (lectotype: HAL; isolectotype: HAL). Lectotypified by W. Weber, Feddes Repert. 95: 597-598. 1984.
Species Distribution Map
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Synonyms
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Tillandsia brachypoda
Tillandsia brachypoda Baker, J. Bot. 25: 237. 1887.
TYPE: VENEZUELA: Aragua: Colonia Tovar, s.d., Fendler 1527 (holotype: K).
Tillandsia domingensis
Tillandsia domingensis Mez, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 73. 1919.
TYPE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Constanza, s.d., Tuerckheim 3230 (holotype: B).
Tillandsia houzeavii
Tillandsia houzeavii E. Morren ex Chapman, Fl. South. U.S., ed. 2. 655. 1883.
TYPE: FLORIDA: "South Florida", s.d., Chapman s.n. (holotype: NY?).
Tillandsia laxa
Tillandsia laxa Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W. I. 596. 1864.
TYPE: JAMAICA: Manchester, s.d., Wullschlaegel 1043 (holotype: M).
Tillandsia polystachia var. alba
Tillandsia polystachia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, var. alba Wittmack, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 65. 1889.
TYPE: COSTA RICA:
Tillandsia sublaxa
Tillandsia sublaxa Baker, J. Bot. 25: 280. 1887.
TYPE: JAMAICA: Westmoreland, s.d., Purdie s.n. (holotype: K).
Tillandsia valenzuelana
Tillandsia valenzuelana A. Richard, in Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 267. 1850.
TYPE: CUBA: Vuelta de Abajo, s.d., Sagra s.n. (holotype: P).
Vriesea laxa
Vriesea laxa (Grisebach) Mez, in Alph. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 578. 1896.
BASIONYM: Tillandsia laxa Grisebach 1864.
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