Tillandsia purpurea

Tillandsia purpurea
	1802 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Subgenus:	Phytarrhiza
Species:	T. purpurea
Binomial name
	Tillandsia purpurea; Ruiz & Pavón
Synonyms
	Platystachys purpurea (Ruiz & Pav.) Beer; Tillandsia azurea C.Presl; Tillandsia scoparia Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.; Tillandsia longibracteata Meyen; Anoplophytum longibracteatum (Meyen) Beer; Platystachys azurea (C.Presl) Beer; Platystachys scoparia Beer; ;

Tillandsia purpurea is a species in the genus Tillandsia. It is endemic to Peru, first described by Ruiz & Pavón in 1802.^[2]

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