Tillandsia

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Tillandsia

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<<Capsules>Coma>Colour

always white1
1. 005-001-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Hairs

glabrous2
2. 004-004-001

<<Leaves>Blade>Shape

ligulate to narrowly triangular or linear3
3. 002-001-001

<Capsules>Coma

coma at the base of the seeds, , straight.4
4. 005-001

<Flowers>Ovary

ovary superior, ;5
5. 004-004

<Flowers>Ovules

ovules usually many, caudate.6
6. 004-005

<Flowers>Petals

petals free, naked;7
7. 004-002

<Flowers>Sepals

sepals convolute, usually symmetric, free or joined;8
8. 004-001

<Flowers>Stamens

stamens of various length relative to the petals and to the pistil;9
9. 004-003

<Inflorescences>Floral bracts

floral bracts conspicuous to minute.10
10. 003-002

<Inflorescences>Scapes

scape usually distinct;11
11. 003-001

<Leaves>Blade

blades ;12
12. 002-001

<Leaves>Leaves

leaf scales radially symmetric or produced at one side.13
13. 002-002

Capsules

Capsule septicidal;14
14. 005

Description

Acaulescent or caulescent herbs of very variable habit. Leaves rosulate or fasciculate or distributed along a stem, polystichous (all the Guiana species except T. usneoides) or distichous, entire; blades ligulate to narrowly triangular or linear; leaf scales radially symmetric or produced at one side. Inflorescence various, usually of distichous-flowered spikes or sometimes reduced to a single polystichous-flowered spike by the reduction of the spikes to single flowers or rarely the whole inflorescence reduced to a single flower; scape usually distinct; floral bracts conspicuous to minute. Flowers perfect, short-pedicellate or sessile; sepals convolute, usually symmetric, free or joined; petals free, naked; stamens of various length relative to the petals and to the pistil; ovary superior, glabrous; ovules usually many, caudate. Capsule septicidal; coma at the base of the seeds, always white, straight.

Flowers

Flowers perfect, short-pedicellate or sessile;15
15. 004

Habit

Acaulescent or caulescent herbs of very variable habit.16
16. 001

Inflorescences

Inflorescence various, usually of distichous-flowered spikes or sometimes reduced to a single polystichous-flowered spike by the reduction of the spikes to single flowers or rarely the whole inflorescence reduced to a single flower;17
17. 003

Leaves

Leaves rosulate or fasciculate or distributed along a stem, polystichous (all the Guiana species except T. usneoides) or distichous, entire;18
18. 002