Tillandsioids
Tillandsioideae
Tillandsioideae is a subfamily of plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae. This group contains the fewest genera (9) but the greatest number of species (1,277). Most are epiphytic or lithophytic, growing in trees or on rocks where they absorb water and nutrients from the air. Spanish moss of the Tillandsia genus is a well-known variety. Bromeliads in the genera Guzmania and Vriesia are the more commonly cultivated members of this subfamily.
20 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Airplants
genusTillandsia
Guzmania
genusGuzmania
Vriesea
genusVriesea
Werauhia
genusWerauhia
Racinaea
genusRacinaea
Catopsis
genusCatopsis
Wallisia
genusWallisia
Alcantarea
genusAlcantarea
Cipuropsis
genusCipuropsis
Lutheria
genusLutheria
Goudaea
genusGoudaea
Pseudalcantarea
genusPseudalcantarea
Lemeltonia
genusLemeltonia
Glomeropitcairnia
genusGlomeropitcairnia
Stigmatodon
genusStigmatodon
Barfussia
genusBarfussia
Gregbrownia
genusGregbrownia
Jagrantia
genusJagrantia
Zizkaea
genusZizkaea
Waltillia
genusWaltillia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 785848.