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Tillandsia brachyphylla is a synonym of:

Tillandsia sprengeliana Klotzsch ex Mez

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Bromeliaceae (part 3) 3(3): 596 (1894)

Type: Collector unknown and without data (holotype B, B photo), undoubtedly from Brazil.

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo,

Habitat: Epiphyte, 0 to 300 m. Elev.

Tillandsia sprengeliana