Tillandsia balbisiana explained

Tillandsia balbisiana, common name northern needleleaf,^[1] is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species in native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, the West Indies, and Florida.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Cultivars

• Tillandsia 'Dura Flor'
• Tillandsia 'Florida'
• Tillandsia 'Polly Ellen'^[11]
• Tillandsia 'Red Fountain'^[11]
• Tillandsia 'Royale'^[11]
• Tillandsia 'Timm'^[11]

External links

• US Department of Agriculture plants profile
• Wild Florida Photo, photography by Paul Rebmann

Notes and References

1. http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=733 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants, northern needleleaf, Tillandsia balbisiana
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=268605 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000392 Flora of North America, Tillandsia balbisiana
4. Correll, D.S. & Correll, H.B. (1982). Flora of the Bahama Archipelago: 1-1692. J.Cramer, Vaduz.
5. Pulido-Esparza, V.A., López-Ferrari, A.R. & Espejo-Serna, A. (2004). Flora Bromeliológia del estado de Guerrero, México: riqueza y distribución. Boletin de la Sociedad Botanica de México 75: 55-104.
6. Espejo-Serna, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (2005). Bromeliaceae. Flora de Veracruz 136: 1-307. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos, Xalapa, Veracruz.
7. Espejo-Serna, A., López-Ferrari, A.R., Martínez-Correa, N. & Pulido-Esparza, V.A. (2007). Bromeliad flora of Oaxaca, Mexico: richness and distribution. Acta Botanica Mexicana 81: 71-147. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
8. Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
9. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
10. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
11. http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/cultivar/bcr.html BSI Cultivar Registry