Tillandsia utriculata

Tillandsia utriculata

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Subgenus:	Tillandsia
Species:	T. utriculata
Binomial name
*Tillandsia utriculata* L.^[1]

Tillandsia utriculata, commonly known as the Spreading Airplant,^[2] is a species of bromeliad that is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, southern Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela.^[3]

References

^ Isley, Paul T. (1987). Tillandsia: The World's Most Unusual Air Plants. Botanical Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780961767501.
^ "Tillandsia utriculata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42372. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
^ "Taxon: Tillandsia utriculata L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2011-05-09. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?36725. Retrieved 2011-11-11.

An Annotated Checklist of the Bromeliaceae of Costa Rica retrieved 3 November 2009
Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
Checklist of Venezuelan Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution by State and Levels of Endemism retrieved 3 November 2009
Bromeliaceae of the United States (excluding Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) retrieved 30 October 2009

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tillandsia_utriculata Tillandsia utriculata] at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Tillandsia utriculata at Wikispecies