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Bromeliaceae

Subfamily Bromelioideae

Subfamily Pitcairnioideae

Subfamily Tillandsioideae

W/C = Wild Collected
Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.

  • Common Name: Spanish Moss
  • Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin:
  • Habitat:

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202469
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: Middleton Place Plantation, Charleston, S. Carolina, USA. Collected by Robert W.A. Opel from plants blown off of an 800 year old live oak by strong winds. Typical North American form of "spanish moss."
  • Accession Date: 10-23-2002
  • Bench: 1301 - NEO:Caribbean A
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 09-23-2011
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae
  • SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
  • Tribe:
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