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Bromeliaceae

Galapagos bromeliad

Racinaea insularis (Mez) M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm.

Family
Bromeliaceae
Genus
Racinaea

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Galapagos bromeliad: Location taken: Galapagos. Names: Tillandsia insularis Mez , Spanish Mos Classification: Plantae > Magnoliophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Bromeliaceae > > > Till
Photo: Photo by David Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Galapagos bromeliad, Galapagos tillandsia
Spanish
Huicundu de Galápagos

Synonyms

  • Racinaea insularis var. latilamina (Gilmartin) M.A.Spencer & L.B.Sm.
  • Tillandsia insularis Mez
  • Tillandsia insularis var. insularis
  • Tillandsia insularis var. latilamina Gilmartin

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.