PLANTS Profile for Tillandsia tenuifolia (narrowleaf airplant)

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PLANTS Profile

Tillandsia tenuifolia L.
narrowleaf airplant

Symbol:

TITE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Bromeliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

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Tillandsia tenuifolia L.

Synonyms:
Tillandsia tenuifolia L.

TIPU2

Tillandsia pulchella Hook.

Distribution:
Tillandsia tenuifolia L.


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Related Taxa:
Tillandsia tenuifolia L.

View 13 genera in Bromeliaceae, 22 species in Tillandsia

Classification:
Tillandsia tenuifolia L.

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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 tenuifolia L. – narrowleaf airplant

More Accounts and Images:
Tillandsia tenuifolia L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565569.

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