Biology:Tillandsia baileyi

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Tillandsia baileyi
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Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Genus: Tillandsia
Subgenus: Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:
T. baileyi
Binomial name
Tillandsia baileyi
Rose ex Small[2][3]

Tillandsia baileyi, commonly known as the reflexed airplant[4] or Bailey's ball moss, is a species of bromeliad that is native to southern Texas in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is found along the Gulf of Mexico from Kingsville, Texas to Tampico, Tamaulipas. Preferred host plants for this epiphyte include Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) and Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano).[5]

Cultivars

  • Tillandsia 'Borumba' (T. baileyi 'Texas' × T. 'Druid')
  • Tillandsia 'Califano' (T. baileyi × T. ionantha)
  • Tillandsia 'Festubail' (T. festucoides × T. baileyi)
  • Tillandsia 'Halley's Comet'
  • Tillandsia 'Kanyan' (T. intermedia × T. baileyi)
  • Tillandsia 'Mark Aldridge' (T. baileyi × T. capitata 'Maroon')
  • Tillandsia 'Rosalie Mavrikas' (T. baileyi × T. schiediana)
  • Tillandsia 'Tiaro' (T. baileyi × T. seleriana)
  • Tillandsia 'Veronica Orozco' (T. baileyi × T. caput-medusae)
  • Tillandsia 'Wallu' (T. baileyi × T. achyrostachys?)[6]

See also

  • Vernon Orlando Bailey

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7802443 entry