Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2, 1:410. 1762
Verified:
10/06/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
ball-moss – bunch-moss – Swedish
bågtillandsia –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Norte | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja Sur | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo Leon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Federal District | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guerrero | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Morelos | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Nayarit | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Queretaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Tlaxcala | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Brazil | Brazil | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Paraguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Federal District, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona]
Southern America
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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CARIBBEAN:
Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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MESOAMERICA:
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 4:472-473. |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400344.
Accessed 6 October 2024.