Native to Brazil North, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

January 13, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Monroe (Key Largo)

25.788889, -81.099444

Location Remarks

Big Cypress National Preserve. Monroe Station Loop road, off Tamiami Trail Road (Highway 41).

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

January 15, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Miami-Dade (Homestead)

25.39525, -80.583139

Location Remarks

Everglades National Park, Long Pine Key Trail

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Tillandsia

Specific Epithet

setacea

Authorship

Sw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#268,432 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →