Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pav. is a plant in the Bromeliaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pav.

Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pav.

Tillandsia purpurea is an endemic Peruvian flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family, first described in 1802.

Family
Genus
Tillandsia
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pav.

Tillandsia purpurea Ruiz & Pav. is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the Bromeliaceae family. This plant species is endemic to Peru, and it was first formally described by Ruiz and Pavón in 1802.

Photo: (c) Martin Lowry, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Lowry · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Bromeliaceae Tillandsia

More from Bromeliaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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