Tillandsia virescensRuiz & Pav.

WFO wfo-0000586782 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. a Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-01 / obs. 155275143
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. b Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155277156
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. c Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155275546
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. d Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155277665
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. e Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155274859
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. f Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155274032
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. g Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155273936
Tillandsia virescens, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. h Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112563976

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Tillandsia virescens is native: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Peru, Uruguay Argentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaChile CentralChile NorthPeruUruguay
Native distribution of Tillandsia virescens, 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
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Chile Central CLC
Chile North CLN
Peru PER
Uruguay URU

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 16 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.

  • Diaphoranthema virescens (Ruiz & Pav.) Beer
  • Tillandsia capillaris f. cordobensis (Hieron.) L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia capillaris f. virescens L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia capillaris var. virescens (Ruiz & Pav.) L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia cordobensis Hieron.
  • Tillandsia dependens Hieron. ex Mez
  • Tillandsia dependens var. sanzinii Hicken
  • Tillandsia hieronymi var. lichenoides (Hieron.) A.Cast.
  • Tillandsia kuehhasii W.Till
  • Tillandsia lichenoides Hieron.
  • Tillandsia propinqua Gay
  • Tillandsia pusilla Gillies ex Baker
  • Tillandsia stolpii Phil.
  • Tillandsia tomasii Halda
  • Tillandsia virescens var. sanzinii (Hicken) A.Cast.
  • Tillandsia williamsii Rusby

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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