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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Subfamily:	Tillandsioideae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Species:	T. flexuosa
Binomial name
*Tillandsia flexuosa* Swartz
Synonyms
Anoplophytum flexuosum (Sw.) Beer Tillandsia aloifolia Hook. Tillandsia patens Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Vriesea aloifolia (Hook.) Beer Vriesea tenuifolia Beer Platystachys patens (Willd. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) K.Koch

Tillandsia flexuosa, the twisted airplant, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, southeastern Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula), northern South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas) and the United States (Florida).

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