USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahama, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chille, Paraguay, Argentina
USA (Virginia, North Carolin, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas),
Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Baja California, Durango, Sinaloa, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Nayarit, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Michoacán, México, Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatán),
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahama, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands,
Colombia (La Guajira, Atlántico, Bolívar, Norte de Santander, Santander, Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolimae, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Nariño, Meta),
Venezuela (Sucre, Monagas, Delta Amacuro, Anzoátegui, Miranda, Distrito Federal, Aragua, Carabobo, Lara, Mérida, Apure, Bolívar),
Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname,
Ecuador (Manabí, Guayas, El Ono, Imbabura, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, Azuay, Loja),
Peru (Piura, Amazonas, La Libertad, Ancash, Lima, Huánuco, Ayacucho, Apurímac, Cuzco),
Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca),
Brazil (Pará, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul),
Chille (Aconcagua, Bío-bío, La Araucanía),
Paraguay (Artigas, Soriano),
Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Buenos Aires)
0 - 3,300 m elevation
Epiphytic
Tillandsia usneoides
Thick form
Tillandsia (Diaphoranthema) usneoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus (1762) Thick form
- [ Etymology ] genus Usnea + oides in Latin (similar to)
- Leaves are very thick and are covered densely with silver trichomes