Tillandsia gardneriLindl.

WFO wfo-0000578692 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. a Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-27 / obs. 178734649
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 115647550
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by LPB
fig. c LPB, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 97373404
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. d Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98375037
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. e Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 178734177
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. f Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170813148
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by B. Phalan
fig. g B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 46546384
Tillandsia gardneri, photographed by LPB
fig. h LPB, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 114699295

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Native range 6 botanical countries

Regions where Tillandsia gardneri is native: Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Brazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Tillandsia gardneri, 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
Brazil Northeast BZE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

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 9 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.

  • Anoplophytum incanum É.Morren ex C.Morren
  • Anoplophytum rollissonii É.Morren ex C.Morren
  • Tillandsia cambuquirensis Silveira
  • Tillandsia fluminensis Mez
  • Tillandsia gardneri var. cabofrioensis W.Weber & Ehlers
  • Tillandsia gardneri var. rupicola E.Pereira
  • Tillandsia gardneri var. virescens E.Pereira
  • Tillandsia regnellii Mez
  • Tillandsia venusta Silveira

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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