Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
The West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico and Central America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported as
T. fasciculata sensu lato both by Britton & Millspaugh (1920) and Correll & Correll (1982), but most plants in the Bahamas appear to be this taxon. Reported by Correll & Correll (280-281) as an epiphyte on trees and shrubs in thickets, coppices and scrublands, often in low areas, nearly throughout the Archipelago (regions 10-7, 3-1).
Comments:
For information and images on the species in the broad sense, visit the
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website.
Synonyms:
Tillandsia fasciculata sensu authors, not Sw.
