''Tillandsia aeranthos'' is a

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of plant in the

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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 ...

''. 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