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Tillandsia
''Tillandsia'' is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United States, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to mid Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered with specialized cells (trichomes) capable of rapidly absorbing water that gathers on them. They are also commonly known as air plants because they are epiphytes, not needing soil for nourishment. They have a natural propensity to cling to whatever surfaces are readily available: telephone wires, tree branches, bark, bare rocks, etc. Their light seeds and a silky parachute facilitate their spread. Most ''Tillandsia'' species are epiphytes – which translates to 'upon a plant'. Some are aerophytes, which have a minimal root system and grow on shifting desert soil. Due to their epiphytic way of life, these plants will not grow in soil but live on the branches of tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tillandsia Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted about 660 species and hybrids in the genus ''Tillandsia''. A *'' Tillandsia abbreviata'' H.Luther *'' Tillandsia abdita'' L.B.Sm. *''Tillandsia achyrostachys'' E. Morren ex Baker *'' Tillandsia acuminata'' L.B.Sm. *'' Tillandsia adamsii'' R.W. Read *'' Tillandsia adpressiflora'' Mez *'' Tillandsia aequatorialis'' L.B.Sm. *'' Tillandsia aeranthos'' (Loiseleur) L.B.Sm. *'' Tillandsia afonsoana'' T.Strehl *''Tillandsia aguascalientensis'' Gardner *''Tillandsia aizoides'' Mez *''Tillandsia albertiana'' F. Vervoorst *'' Tillandsia albida'' Mez & Purpus *'' Tillandsia alfredo-laui'' Rauh & Lehmann *''Tillandsia alto-mayoensis'' Gouda *''Tillandsia alvareziae'' Rauh *''Tillandsia andicola'' Griseb. ex Baker *''Tillandsia andreana'' E. Morren ex André *''Tillandsia andrieuxii'' (Mez) L.B.Sm. *''Tillandsia angulosa'' Mez *''Tillandsia antillana'' L.B.Sm. *''Tillandsia appenii'' (Rauh) J.R.Grant *''Tillandsia araujei'' Mez *''Tillandsia archeri'' L.B. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tillandsia Subg
''Tillandsia'' is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United States, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to mid Argentina. Their leaves, more or less silvery in color, are covered with specialized cells (trichomes) capable of rapidly absorbing water that gathers on them. They are also commonly known as air plants because they are epiphytes, not needing soil for nourishment. They have a natural propensity to cling to whatever surfaces are readily available: telephone wires, tree branches, bark, bare rocks, etc. Their light seeds and a silky parachute facilitate their spread. Most ''Tillandsia'' species are epiphytes – which translates to 'upon a plant'. Some are aerophytes, which have a minimal root system and grow on shifting desert soil. Due to their epiphytic way of life, these plants will not grow in soil but live on the branches of tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tillandsia Fasciculata
''Tillandsia fasciculata'', commonly known as the giant airplant or cardinal airplant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to Central America, Mexico, the West Indies, northern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, French Guiana, northern Brazil), and the southeastern United States (Georgia and Florida). Within the United States, this airplant is at risk of extirpation from the Mexican bromeliad weevil, '' Metamasius callizona''. Varieties and cultivars Four varieties are recognized: #''Tillandsia fasciculata'' var. ''clavispica'' Mez - Florida, Cuba, southern Mexico, Cayman Islands #''Tillandsia fasciculata'' var. ''densispica'' Mez - Florida, southern and eastern Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Hispaniola #''Tillandsia fasciculata'' var. ''fasciculata'' - most of species range #''Tillandsia fasciculata'' var. ''laxispica'' Mez - central Mexico, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba Several cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ball Moss
''Tillandsia recurvata'', commonly known as small ballmoss or ball moss, is a flowering plant (not a true moss) in the family Bromeliaceae that grows upon larger host plants. It grows well in areas with low light, little airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the southern live oak (''Quercus virginiana''). It is not a parasite like mistletoe, but an epiphyte like its relative Spanish moss. ''Tillandsia recurvata'' derives mainly physical support and not nutrition from its host; it photosynthesizes its own food, absorbing water that collects on its leaves. It obtains nitrogen from bacteria, and other minerals largely from blown dust. Though not a harmful parasite in the same sense as plants such as mistletoes that feed on the sap of the host, ball moss may compete with a host tree for sunlight and some nutrients, and by restricting available surface area for new branch sprouts; however, except on stressed host trees (e.g., in some ur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bromeliaceae
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ''Pitcairnia feliciana''. It is among the basal families within the Poales and is the only family within the order that has septal nectaries and inferior ovaries.Judd, Walter S. Plant systematics a phylogenetic approach. 3rd ed. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., 2007. These inferior ovaries characterize the Bromelioideae, a subfamily of the Bromeliaceae. The family includes both epiphytes, such as Spanish moss (''Tillandsia usneoides''), and terrestrial species, such as the pineapple (''Ananas comosus''). Many bromeliads are able to store water in a structure formed by their tightly overlapping leaf bases. However, the family is diverse enough to include the tank bromeliads, grey-leaved epiphyte ''Tillandsia'' species that gath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tillandsia Harrisii
''Tillandsia harrisii'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Tillandsia''. The species is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ... to Guatemala. Cultivars * ''Tillandsia'' 'Pink Velvet' Retrieved 11 October 2009 * ''Tillandsia'' 'Unamit' References harrisii Endemic flora of Guatemala[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epiphytes
An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phorophytes. Epiphytes take part in nutrient cycles and add to both the diversity and biomass of the ecosystem in which they occur, like any other organism. They are an important source of food for many species. Typically, the older parts of a plant will have more epiphytes growing on them. Epiphytes differ from parasites in that they grow on other plants for physical support and do not necessarily affect the host negatively. An organism that grows on another organism that is not a plant may be called an epibiont. Epiphytes are usually found in the temperate zone (e.g., many mosses, liverworts, lichens, and algae) or in the tropics (e.g., many ferns, cacti, orchids, and bromeliads). Epiphyte species make good houseplants due to their minimal wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudalcantarea
''Pseudalcantarea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. Its native range is Mexico to Central America. It was first described as the subgenus ''Pseudalcantarea'' of ''Tillandsia'' before being raised to a full genus in 2016. Species: *''Pseudalcantarea grandis'' *''Pseudalcantarea macropetala'' *''Pseudalcantarea viridiflora ''Pseudalcantarea viridiflora'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua). It was first described by Johann Georg Beer (as ''Platystachys viridiflora'') in ...'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q42928736, from2=Q7802740 Tillandsioideae Bromeliaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Tillandz
Elias Tillandz (1640–1693; born Tillander) was a Swedish-born doctor and botanist who worked in Finland. He was the professor of medicine at the Academy of Turku. He wrote the country's first botanical work, the '' Catalogus Plantarum'', which was first published in 1673. As a doctor he also prepared medicines for his patients by using his extensive knowledge of plants. According to legend, Tillandz (''Till lands'' means ''by land'' in Swedish) changed his name from Tillander to Tillandz when, as a student, he travelled by boat from Turku to Stockholm. On the way, he became so seasick that he returned by walking around the Gulf of Bothnia, a distance of some 1000 kilometers. A genus of epiphytic plants, ''Tillandsia'', was named after Tillandz by Carl Linnaeus. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flowering Plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of broad-leaved trees, shrubs and vines, and most aquatic plants. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ἀγγεῖον / ('container, vessel') and σπέρμα / ('seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed within a fruit. They are by far the most diverse group of land plants with 64 orders, 416 families, approximately 13,000 known genera and 300,000 known species. Angiosperms were formerly called Magnoliophyta (). Angiosperms are distinguished from the other seed-producing plants, the gymnosperms, by having flowers, xylem consisting of vessel elements instead of tracheids, endosperm within their seeds, and fruits that completely envelop the seeds. The ancestors of flowering plants diverged from the common ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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