Tillandsia kammii
{{Short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Tillandsia kammii (TS) 2-04040.jpg
|image_caption = Tillandsia kammii in cultivation at the Botanical Garden of Heidelberg, Germany
|status = CITES_A2
|status_system = CITES
|genus = Tillandsia
|parent = Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
|species = kammii
|authority = Rauh
}}
Tillandsia kammii is a species in the genus Tillandsia that is native to Honduras,{{Cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:253958-2|title=Tillandsia kammii Rauh {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=2018-07-09}} but has also been collected in El Salvador.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=2695450|title=Search|language=en|access-date=2018-07-09}} It was first discovered in Honduras in 1977 in the regions of Olancho, Lempira and Copan.{{Cite web|url=http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=269200|title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|website=wcsp.science.kew.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-07-09}}{{Cite journal|last=Luther|first=Harry|date=November–December 1994|title=Journal of the Bromeliad Society|journal=Journal of the Bromeliad Society|volume=44|pages=27|via=Bromeliad Society International}} Its common name is Kamm's tillandsia.{{Cite web|url=https://speciesplus.net/#/taxon_concepts/29061/names|title=Species+|website=speciesplus.net|access-date=2018-07-09}}
Description
Tillandsia kammii is a xerophytic epiphyte.{{Cite journal|last=Gardner|first=C. S.|title=Preliminary Classification of Tillandsia Based on Floral Characters|date=1986|journal=Selbyana|volume=9|issue=1|pages=130–146|jstor=41888796}} It is one of only four species of Tillandsia that is protected by the CITES Appendix II.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|website=www.cites.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-09}} T. kammii has densely arranged leaves and often grows between five and ten centimeters tall. It has thin wiry roots and has been known to grow both as a single plant and in clusters. This plant has a short, bright red inflorescence, surrounded by violet petals, that rarely lasts more than a day after blooming. Unsurprisingly, this plant has a rough texture and appearance which is due to coarse trichomes covering its leaves. Tillandsia kammii closely resembles both T. velutina and T. plagiotropica. It is differentiated from the former by its larger, denser trichomes, and from the latter by its narrower, longer, and more flexible leaves.
Habitat
Tillandsia kammii inhabits the tropical savanna climate in Honduras and El Salvador at elevations of 500 to 1200 m. Average temperatures in its habitat range from 14 °C – 35 °C, with an average total annual precipitation of roughly 1400 mm.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031211542/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/HO/78714.TXT "Catacamas Climate Norrmals 1961 – 1990"] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 8 July 2018.File:Tillandsia kammii (TS) 2-03519.jpg
Cultivars
No cultivars are listed for this species in the BSI Cultivar Registry.{{Cite book|title=The BSI Cultivar Registry|last=Beadle|first=Don|publisher=Bromeliad Society International|year=2009}}
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