Native records: 2 botanical areas
Ecuador, Peru
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An epiphyte of wet tropical climates. Native to Ecuador, Peru.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Ecuador
Peru
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
The same climate occurs in 153 areas worldwide, 151 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Ecuador · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Peru · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourcePhotograph of Tillandsia somnians
Arnaud Fafournoux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page