Tillandsia tenuifolia Linnaeus in Sp. Pl. 286. 1753 sec. A.R. A. GORTS-VAN RUN 1987
- Unknown type category: Without locality, Royen s.n.
- =Tillandsia pulchella Hooker in Exot. Fl. 2: pl. 154. 1825
- ≡Anoplophytum pulchellum (Hooker) Beer, Bromel.: 41. 1857
- Unknown type category: De Schach s.n.
- =Tillandsia surinamensis Miquel nomen in synon. ex Mez in Martius, Fl. Bras. 3: 603. 1894
- ≡Tillandsia pulchella var. surinamensis Mez in Martius, Fl. Bras. 3: 603. 1894
- ≡Tillandsia tenuifolia var. surinamensis (Mez) L.B. Smith in Phytologia 8: 220. 1962
- –Tillandsia pulchella f. surinamensis Mez in Luetzelburg, Estudo Bot. Nordeste 3: 104. 1923, nom. nud.
