0890.000 Tillandsia L.

Description of the genus

Derivation of name: for Elias Tillands, Swedish botanist and Professor of Medicine

Worldwide: c. 380 species in tropical America

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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usneoides L.Image

Other sources of information about Tillandsia:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Tillandsia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tillandsia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tillandsia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tillandsia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Tillandsia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tillandsia
JSTOR Plant Science: Tillandsia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tillandsia
Plants of the World Online: Tillandsia
Tropicos: Tillandsia
Wikipedia: Tillandsia
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Tillandsia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2565, retrieved 5 December 2025

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