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Taxon:  Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.



Summary
Genus:
Tillandsia
Family:
Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:
Tillandsioideae
Tribe:
Tillandsieae
Nomen number:
310398
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2, 1:411. 1762
Verified:
05/23/1994 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Renealmia usneoides L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Angely, J. A. Flora analitica do Parana. 1965
  3. Cabrera, A. L., ed. Flora de la provincia de Buenos Aires. 1965-1970
  4. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
  7. Espejo-Serna, A. et al. 2004. Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with notes on species distribution and levels of endemism. Selbyana 25:75-76.
  8. Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
  9. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
  10. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 4:473.
  11. Lasser, T., ed. Flora de Venezuela. 1964-
  12. León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). Flora de Cuba. 1946-1962; suppl. 1969
  13. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  14. Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. Flora of Peru. 1936-1971; new ser. 1980-
  15. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  16. Rauh, W. 1981. Bromelien. 275.
  17. Reitz, R., ed. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 1965-
  18. Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1977. Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(2):899-901. http://www.nybg.org/botany/ofn/
  19. Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. Flora of Guatemala. 1946-1976
  20. Standley, P. C. Flora of Costa Rica. 1937-1939
  21. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980
Common names
English
Spanish-moss –
French
barbe grise –
fille de l'air –
German
Louisianamoos –
Swedish
spansk mossa –
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Campeche, Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  • MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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