Native plant · BROMELIACEAE
Tillandsia simulata
FLORIDA AIRPLANT; Manatee River airplant
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Tillandsia simulata. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Tillandsia simulata
- Family
- BROMELIACEAE
- Genus
- Tillandsia
- Order
- POALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; Endemic
- Florida range
- Central Florida · South Florida · North Florida
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Osceola; Polk; Hernando; Sumter; Lake; Hillsborough; Citrus; DeSoto; Orange; Pasco; Seminole; Volusia; Flagler; Glades; Highlands; Pinellas; Brevard; Okeechobee; St. Lucie
Where documented in Florida
Osceola; Polk; Hernando; Sumter; Lake; Hillsborough; Citrus; DeSoto; Orange; Pasco; Seminole; Volusia; Flagler; Glades; Highlands; Pinellas; Brevard; Okeechobee; St. Lucie
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Tillandsia
- Tillandsia balbisiana — NORTHERN NEEDLELEAF; Balbis' airplant
- Tillandsia bartramii — BARTRAM'S AIRPLANT
- Tillandsia fasciculata — CARDINAL AIRPLANT; COMMON WILD PINE; STIFF-LEAVED WILD PINE
- Tillandsia flexuosa — TWISTED AIRPLANT; BANDED AIRPLANT
- Tillandsia floridana — FLORIDA AIRPLANT
- Tillandsia paucifolia — POTBELLY AIRPLANT
Related Florida Seed Bank conservation reading
Data provenance
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