''Tillandsia brachycaulos'' is a

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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 ...

''. It is native to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, Central America, and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.

Cultivars

Cultivars include:
Retrieved 11 October 2009 *''Tillandsia'' 'Ask Harry' *''Tillandsia'' 'Betty' *''Tillandsia'' 'Calum' *''Tillandsia'' 'Eric Knobloch' *''Tillandsia'' 'Heather's Blush' *''Tillandsia'' 'Imbil' *''Tillandsia'' 'Laurie' *''Tillandsia'' 'Maria Teresa L.' *''Tillandsia'' 'Nashville' *''Tillandsia'' 'Neerdie' *''Tillandsia'' 'Richard Oeser' *''Tillandsia'' 'Rongo' *''Tillandsia'' 'Roy' *''Tillandsia'' 'Victoria' *''Tillandsia'' 'Widgee' *''Tillandsia'' 'Wolvi' *''Tillandsia'' 'Yabba'

References

brachycaulos ''Brachycaulos simplicifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is endemic to the Himalayas. The genus and species were first formally named in 1981 by B.K. Dikshit and Gopinath Panigrahi Gopinath Panigrahi ...

Flora of Mexico Flora of Venezuela Flora of Central America Plants described in 1845 {{Tillandsia-stub