Tillandsia butziiMez

WFO wfo-0000575524 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. a Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / 2021-01-28 / obs. 111402856
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. b Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44287917
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Alan Rockefeller
fig. c Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44185970
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Oscar Marín
fig. d Oscar Marín, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 37393917
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Adrianh M. Orozco
fig. e Adrianh M. Orozco, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29078906
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Tereso Hernández Morales
fig. f Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196341632
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60381781
Tillandsia butzii, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 186904167

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Native range 10 botanical countries

Regions where Tillandsia butzii is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestCosta RicaEl SalvadorGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaPanamá
Native distribution of Tillandsia butzii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Costa Rica COS SOUTHERN AMERICA
El Salvador ELS
Guatemala GUA
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Platystachys inanis (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer
  • Platystachys inanis Beer
  • Tillandsia butzii var. roseiflora Ehlers
  • Tillandsia inanis Lindl. & Paxton
  • Tillandsia variegata Schltdl.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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