''Tillandsia aeranthos'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of plant in the

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Tillandsia ''Tillandsia'' is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial plant, perennial flowering plants in the family (biology), family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of the Neotropical realm, Neotropics, from northe ...

''. This species is

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to southern

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, and

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Cultivars

* ''Tillandsia'' 'Bergos' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Bob Whitman' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Cooroy' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Ed Doherty' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Eureka' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Flamingoes' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Kayjay' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Mariposa' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Nez Misso' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Noosa' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Oboe' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Oliver Twist'
Retrieved 11 October 2009 * ''Tillandsia'' 'Purple Giant' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Tropic Skye' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Veronica's Mariposa' * ''Tillandsia'' 'Winner's Circle'

References

aeranthos Flora of Southern America Plants described in 1821 {{Tillandsia-stub