PLANTS Profile for Tillandsia recurvata (small ballmoss)

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PLANTS Profile

Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.
small ballmoss

Symbol:

TIRE

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Bromeliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

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Synonyms:
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

	DIRE10	Diaphoranthema recurvata (L.) Beer
	RERE	Renealmia recurvata L.

Distribution:
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.


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USA (AZ, FL, GA, LA, NM, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

View 13 genera in Bromeliaceae, 21 species in Tillandsia

Classification:
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Zingiberidae
Order	Bromeliales
Family	Bromeliaceae – Bromeliad family
Genus	Tillandsia L. – airplant
Species	Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L. – small ballmoss

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Georgia:
ball-moss		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Tillandsia recurvata (L.) L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42369.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 08:14 PM MDT