Tillandsia balbisiana Schult. & Schult. f.
Northern needleleaf
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Air plant · 4/13/2015 · Pa-hay-okee Overlook, Everglades National Park, Florida · By Susan M. Kent 
4/13/2015 · Pa-hay-okee Overlook, Everglades National Park, Florida 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
| Subclass | Zingiberidae | Gingers and related plants |
| Order | Bromeliales | Bromeliads: tropical plants adapted to limited water, often epiphytes |
| Family | Bromeliaceae | Bromelias: tropical and subtropical plants, the best known being pineapple |
| Genus | Tillandsia | For Elias Tillands (1640-1693), Finno-Swedish botanist |
| Species | balbisiana | Possibly for Italian botanist Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765-1831) |
Tillandsia balbisiana description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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