Meanings
plural tillandsioids
- Any bromeliad of the subfamily Tillandsioideae.
Some bromeliads, most notably several mesophytic tank tillandsioids and a number of neoregelias and pitcairnias, progress through distinct juvenile and adult growth phases during their ontogeny (development as individuals).
1980, David H. Benzing, The Biology of the Bromeliads, page 258
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