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Tillandsia × smalliana

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Tillandsia × smalliana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Species:
T. × smalliana
Binomial name
Tillandsia × smalliana
H.Luther

Tillandsia × smalliana is a natural hybrid (T. balbisiana × T. fasciculata) in the genus Tillandsia. This plant is native to the US state of Florida.[1][2][3] Some reports indicate that it may formerly have existed also in Central America, but is now apparently extinct there.[4]

The name is not considered to be validly published because its initial 1985 coinage was not accompanied by a Latin description.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Flora of North America, Tillandsia × smalliana H. Luther, Phytologia. 57:176. 1985.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  3. ^ Luther, H.E. "Bromeliaceae of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands)" (PDF). Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.
  4. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families