Tillandsia latifoliaMeyen

WFO wfo-0000580327 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros
fig. a Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-29 / obs. 147182761
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros
fig. b Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 143522588
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros
fig. c Ruth Gutiérrez Oliveros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 143522565
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by capacoscar
fig. d capacoscar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91743123
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by capacoscar
fig. e capacoscar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 87026315
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by GREGORY ANTHONY PAUCA TANCO
fig. f GREGORY ANTHONY PAUCA TANCO, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123346453
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by GREGORY ANTHONY PAUCA TANCO
fig. g GREGORY ANTHONY PAUCA TANCO, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 123346966
Tillandsia latifolia, photographed by Steven Bachman
fig. h Steven Bachman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 593020

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Tillandsia latifolia is native: Ecuador, Peru EcuadorPeru
Native distribution of Tillandsia latifolia, 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
Ecuador ECU SOUTHERN AMERICA
Peru PER

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 11 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 kunthiana (Gaudich.) Beer
  • Platystachys latifolia (Meyen) K.Koch
  • Tillandsia divaricata Benth.
  • Tillandsia gayi Baker
  • Tillandsia grisea Baker
  • Tillandsia kunthiana Gaudich.
  • Tillandsia kunthiana var. divaricata (Benth.) L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia kunthiana var. major (Mez) L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia minor Mez & Sodiro
  • Tillandsia murorum Mez
  • Tillandsia oxysepala Baker

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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