Tillandsia bulbosa Hooker in Exot. Fl. 3: pl. 173. 1826 sec. A.R. A. GORTS-VAN RUN 1987
- ≡Platystachys bulbosa (Hooker) Beer, Bromel.: 83. 1857
- =Tillandsia inanis Lindley & Paxton in Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 159. 1850
- ≡Platystachys inanis (Lindley & Paxton) Beer, Bromel.: 82. 1857
- =Tillandsia pumila Lindley & Paxton in Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 160. 1850
- –Pourretia hanisiana Morren ex E. Morren in Ann. Grand 3: 255. 1847, nom. nud.
