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Tillandsia flexuosa

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID64400e86af017364026424
Scientific name Tillandsia flexuosa
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First published in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. : 56 (1788)

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Anoplophytum flexuosum Beer Fam. Bromel. : 43 (1856)
Platystachys patens K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 4): 5 (1873)
Tillandsia aloifolia Hook. Exot. Fl. : t. 205 (1826)
Tillandsia flexuosa f. alba Takiz. J. Bromeliad Soc. 53: 54 (2003)
Tillandsia flexuosa var. fasciata Lindl. Bot. Reg. 9: t. 749 (1823)
Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 1229 (1830)
Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer Fam. Bromel. : 95 (1856)
Vriesea tenuifolia Beer Fam. Bromel. : 96 (1856)
Tillandsia flexuosa var. vivipara André Bromel. Andr. 82. 1889
Anoplophytum flexuosum Lindl.
Vriesea aloefolia Beer Fam. Bromel. : 95 (1856)
Platystachys aloifolia (Hook.) K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1873(App. 4): 5 (1873)

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Language Common/alternative name
English twisted airplant
pap teku di palu
Chinese 旋风铁兰

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Southeast
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Cayman Islands
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Costa Rica
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000578510
Florida Plant Atlas 2225
USDA Plants TIFL2
Tropicos 4301575
INPN 731717
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:125147-1
The Plant List kew-269010
Open Tree Of Life 3963542
Observations.org 198892
NCBI Taxonomy 1842908
Nature Serve 2.142138
IPNI 125147-1
iNaturalist 169765
GBIF 2695344
Freebase /m/09v67g2
EOL 345917
Elurikkus 284476
USDA GRIN 310379
Wikipedia Tillandsia_flexuosa

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks Reyes-García C, Pereira-Zaldívar NA, Espadas-Manrique C, Tamayo-Chim M, Chilpa-Galván N, Cach-Pérez MJ, Ramírez-Medina M, Benavides AM, Hietz P, Zotz G, Andrade JL, Cardelús C, de Paula Oliveira R, Einzmann HJ, Guzmán Jacob V, Krömer T, Pinzón JP, Sarmento Cabral J, Wanek W, Woods C Plants (Basel) 17-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9693514
doi:10.3390/plants11223151
PMID:36432880
CAM photosynthesis: the acid test Winter K, Smith JA New Phytol 05-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9298356
doi:10.1111/nph.17790
PMID:34637529
Go with the flow: The extent of drag reduction as epiphytic bromeliads reorient in wind Tay JY, Zotz G, Puczylowski J, Einzmann HJ PLoS One 24-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8224879
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252790
PMID:34166417
Bromeliaceae subfamilies show divergent trends of genome size evolution Müller LL, Zotz G, Albach DC Sci Rep 26-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6435678
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-41474-w
PMID:30914753
Dispersal and establishment of vascular epiphytes in human-modified landscapes Einzmann HJ, Zotz G AoB Plants 03-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5714248
doi:10.1093/aobpla/plx052
PMID:29225763
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
Spider-fed bromeliads: seasonal and interspecific variation in plant performance Gonçalves AZ, Mercier H, Mazzafera P, Romero GQ Ann Bot 07-Mar-2011
PMCID:PMC3080629
doi:10.1093/aob/mcr047
PMID:21385776
‘And then there were three’: highly efficient uptake of potassium by foliar trichomes of epiphytic bromeliads Winkler U, Zotz G Ann Bot 10-Jun-2010
PMCID:PMC2924823
doi:10.1093/aob/mcq120
PMID:20542886
Ecophysiology of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM) LÜTTGE U Ann Bot 01-Jun-2004
PMCID:PMC4242292
doi:10.1093/aob/mch087
PMID:15150072

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