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Tillandsia bulbosa

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
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Internal ID UUID64400e38aae68865310726
Scientific name Tillandsia bulbosa
Authority Hook.
First published in Exot. Fl. : t. 173 (1825)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Platystachys bulbosa Beer Fam. Bromel. : 83 (1856)
Platystachys erythraea (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer Fam. Bromel. 83 1856
Tillandsia bulbosa f. alba Takiz. J. Bromeliad Soc. 53: 51 (2003)
Tillandsia bulbosa var. brasiliensis Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1212. 1830
Tillandsia bulbosa var. picta Hook. in Curtis Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4288 (1847)
Tillandsia erythraea Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 160 (1850)
Tillandsia pumila Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 160 (1850)
Pourretia hanisiana E.Morren Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 3: 255 1847
Platystachys erythraea Beer Fam. Bromel. : 83 (1856)
Tillandsia pumila Griseb. Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1: 16 (1864 publ. 1865)

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Language Common/alternative name
English bulbous airplant
Spanish platystachys inanis
Japanese ヒメキノエアナナス
Korean 알뿌리틸란드시아
Swedish knöltillandsia
Chinese 珠芽铁兰

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Bahamas
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000575464
USDA Plants TIBU
Tropicos 4300572
INPN 630808
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:286128-2
The Plant List kew-268680
Open Tree Of Life 827363
NCBI Taxonomy 622460
IPNI 286128-2
iNaturalist 116661
GBIF 2695645
Freebase /m/09gbj65
EOL 345772
USDA GRIN 36707
Wikipedia Tillandsia_bulbosa

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Exploring the mycobiota of bromeliads phytotelmata in Brazilian Campos Rupestres dos Santos VL, Silva UC, Santos EH, Resende AA, Dias MF, Cuadros-Orellana S, Marques AR Braz J Microbiol 16-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10485200
doi:10.1007/s42770-023-00977-5
PMID:37322328
Lowering the density: ants associated with the myrmecophyte Tillandsia caput-medusae diminish the establishment of epiphytes Vergara-Torres CA, Díaz-Castelazo C, Toledo-Hernández VH, Flores-Palacios A AoB Plants 07-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8266655
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plab024
PMID:34249306
Forbidden links, trait matching and modularity in plant-hummingbird networks: Are specialized modules characterized by higher phenotypic floral integration? Izquierdo-Palma J, Arizmendi MD, Lara C, Ornelas JF PeerJ 10-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC7955668
doi:10.7717/peerj.10974
PMID:33854834
Species-Specific Effects of Ant Inhabitants on Bromeliad Nutrition Gonçalves AZ, Oliveira RS, Oliveira PS, Romero GQ PLoS One 22-Mar-2016
PMCID:PMC4803186
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152113
PMID:27002980
Diversity and levels of endemism of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica – an updated checklist Cáceres González DA, Schulte K, Schmidt M, Zizka G PhytoKeys 11-Nov-2013
PMCID:PMC3881346
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.29.4937
PMID:24399894
Insects and allies associated with bromeliads: a review Frank JH, Lounibos LP Terr Arthropod Rev 01-Jan-2009
PMCID:PMC2832612
doi:10.1163/187498308X414742
PMID:20209047
Neither Host-specific nor Random: Vascular Epiphytes on Three Tree Species in a Panamanian Lowland Forest LAUBE S, ZOTZ G Ann Bot 01-Jun-2006
PMCID:PMC2803392
doi:10.1093/aob/mcl067
PMID:16574691

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