Tillandsioideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Tillandsioideae

Spanish moss
airplant
needleleaf
pinon
small ballmoss

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Tillandsioideae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Bromelianae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Bromeliales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 54. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Bromeliineae Engl.
pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 86. Mai 1898.
  
   Familia  Bromeliaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 49. 4 Aug 1789.
common name: Bromeliads
  
   Subfamilia  Tillandsioideae Burnett
pub. Outl. Bot.: 442. Jun 1835.

Named members of the Subfamily Tillandsioideae

1
   Tribus  Tillandsieae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 55. 1829.
 
2
   Genus  Tillandsia L.
pub. (1753)
common name: airplant

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

For an index to other topics see

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