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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Species:	T. setacea
Binomial name
*Tillandsia setacea* Swartz
Synonyms
Renealmia disticha L. Tillandsia calamifolia Salisb. Tillandsia caespitosa Leconte Tillandsia disticha (L.) Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. 1830, illegitimate homonym, not Kunth 1816 Diaphoranthema versicolor Beer Platystachys disticha (L.) Beer Vriesea disticha (L.) Kuntze Tillandsia bromoides Mez

Tillandsia setacea, the southern needleleaf, is a species in the genus Tillandsia. It has a scattered, disjunct distribution in the southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia), northwestern and southern Mexico (Jalisco, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche), Guatemala, the West Indies (Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico) and the State of Pará in northeastern Brazil.

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