Natural hybrid: Guzmania monostachia and Tillandsia complanata
Orthography: Guzmania barbiei
Type: Holotypus: B.G.H. 58428, coll. John BARBIE, Tampa, Florida, in herb. inst. bot. system. univ. heidelb. (HEID ). terrestrial, 5 km east Bucay, 400 m, on the way from Guayaquil to the Carretera Panamericana (west-Ecuador), in association with Tillandsia cyanea.