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Taxon

Tillandsia capillaris Ruiz & Pav.

Protologue Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 3: 42. 1802BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Tillandsia capillaris cf.--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 191.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris cf.--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 191.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 101.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 101.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris cf.--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 190.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris cf.--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 190.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 103.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 103.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 102.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 102.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 106.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 106.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 100.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 100.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Tillandsia capillaris cf.--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 193.jpg

Tillandsia capillaris cf.--Bolivia. La Paz. Send. Aguila. 4 Dec 04. 193.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Chile Central, Chile North, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru; introduced into Uruguay (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 4, 2004

Location

Bolivia, La Paz (La Paz)

-16.5525, -68.096111

Location Remarks

Sendero del Águila in the city of La Paz (Barrio de Mallasa), Calacoto section. Ca. 3380 m and above.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Tillandsia

Specific Epithet

capillaris

Authorship

Ruiz & Pav.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#264,772 of 335,497

Top 79%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →