Tillandsia polita is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Mexico and Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras).[1][2][3] It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1941.[4] As of October 2022, the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads regarded it as a natural hybrid of Tillandsia rodrigueziana and Tillandsia rotundata.[5]

Tillandsia polita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:
T. polita
Binomial name
Tillandsia polita
Synonyms[1]
  • Tillandsia polita var. elongata Ehlers
  • Tillandsia vicentina var. glabra L.B.Sm.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2022-10-25
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ^ Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Ramírez-morillo, Ivón; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry E.; Till, Walter (1 June 2004). "Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism". Selbyana. 25 (1): 33–86. ISSN 2689-0682. JSTOR 41760147.
  4. ^ "Tillandsia polita L.B.Sm.", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2022-10-25
  5. ^ "Tillandsia x polita L.B.Sm". Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads. Retrieved 2022-10-25.