Tillandsia pruinosa Swartz in Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 594. 1797 sec. A.R. A. GORTS-VAN RUN 1987
- –Platystachys pruinosa Beer, Bromel.: 265. 1857, nom. nud.
- Unknown type category: Swartz s.n.
- –Platystachys tortilis Beer, Bromel.: 266. 1857, nom. nud.
- –Tillandsia tortilis Klotzsch ex Beer, Bromel.: 266. 1857, nom. nud.