PLANTS Profile for Tillandsia fasciculata (giant airplant)

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PLANTS Profile

Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.
giant airplant

Symbol:

TIFA

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Bromeliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

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Distribution:
Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, GA), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

View 13 genera in Bromeliaceae, 22 species in Tillandsia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. var. clavispica Mez. .

Tillandsia fasciculata var. clavispica
giant airplant

Distribution of Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. var. densispica Mez. .

Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica
giant airplant

Distribution of Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. var. fasciculata. .

Tillandsia fasciculata var. fasciculata
giant airplant

Distribution of Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. var. venosispica Mez. .

Tillandsia fasciculata var. venosispica
giant airplant

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Zingiberidae
Order	Bromeliales
Family	Bromeliaceae – Bromeliad family
Genus	Tillandsia L. – airplant
Species	Tillandsia fasciculata Sw. – giant airplant

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
common or stiff-leaved wild-pine		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Tillandsia fasciculata Sw.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42364.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 04:26 AM CDT