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A small deciduous pachycaul tree reaching up to 1.2m tall with a barrel-shaped trunk covered in corky, warty bark. Branches grow in a distinctive zigzag pattern. Produces tiny glossy compound leaves and small yellowish-green flowers. Dioecious species. Autumn foliage turns red before leaf drop.
A widely distributed species ranging from Colombia through Bolivia to Chile. It grows from sea level up to 3,000 m on rocks and desert sand, and also on trees in dry areas.
Ranges from Colombia through Suriname to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, growing as an epiphyte in forest at elevations of 100 to 750 m. The type collection was made in Para, Brazil.
Distributed from Florida, USA, through the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, eastern Mexico, and Central America, to Colombia and Venezuela, this species grows epiphytically on low forest and scrub at elevations of 0-1500 m.
A miniature caulescent species endemic to Salta province in northwestern Argentina. Mature plants are only 3-4cm tall and 2-3cm wide with thick, succulent gray-green foliage covered in cinereous subappressed scales. The leaves are densely polystichous, narrowly triangular, and pungent. This slow-growing species produces pale blue to nearly white flowers. It grows on sedimentary rocks in its natural habitat.
A species with highly distinct juvenile and mature forms. Juvenile leaves are entire and silvery-green; mature leaves are deeply pinnately lobed.
Native to El Salvador, growing in cloud forest on lake margins at elevations of 1300 to 1640 m.
Native to the Cajamarca region of northern Peru, where it grows on rock at around 800 m elevation.
Native to Mexico, where it grows in somewhat moist habitats at high elevations of 1,300 to 2,400 m. The specific epithet derives from the Latin plumosus, meaning feathery.
Tillandsia pohliana is distributed across Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, growing on rocks and epiphytically in thickets and dry woods at elevations of 750 to 1500 m.
Tillandsia polystachia occurs from the West Indies and Mexico south to Brazil and Bolivia, growing as an epiphyte at elevations from sea level to 1800 meters.
This species has an extensive range from Florida in the United States, through Mexico and Cuba, to Ecuador and Brazil, growing as an epiphyte at elevations from sea level to 1400 m.
A terrestrial bromeliad originally described as Cryptanthus pseudoglaziovii in 1991. The specific epithet indicates its resemblance to Cryptanthus glaziovii while being a distinct species. Transferred to Rokautskyia in 2017 based on phylogenetic analyses. Forms rosettes in the humid understory of the Atlantic Forest. Endemic to Espírito Santo state in southeastern Brazil.
A terrestrial bromeliad characterized by an elongated flowering scape, though less prominent than in Rokautskyia scaposa. Originally described as Cryptanthus pseudoscaposus by L.B. Smith and transferred to Rokautskyia in 2017. The specific epithet means "false scapose," indicating a resemblance to scapose species while having distinct characteristics. Endemic to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.
Large hemiepiphytic species with velvety, dark green leaves and many small fenestrations along the midrib.
Ranges from Mexico to Guatemala at elevations from sea level to 1200 m, growing on rocks in woodland and partly submerged along rivers.