Maury's Tillandsia

Tillandsia mauryana L. B. Smith, Contr Gray Herb. 117:31. 1937.
Plants aggregated in dense masses, stemless, 10-12 cm. high; leaves very numerous in a dense rosette, recurving, 7-8 cm. long, densely and coarsely spreading-lepidote; sheaths inconspicuous, small, f erruginous-lepidote ; blades narrowly triangular, acuminate, subpungent, flat, 7 mm. wide, keeled beneath, cinereous-lepidote ; scape very short; scape-bracts foliaceous, densely imbricate, recurving; inflorescence densely digitate from 3-5 spikes; primary bracts lanceolate, acuminate, shorter than the axillary spikes, densely lepidote; spikes suberect, lanceolate, acute, 3 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, complanate, densely 6-flowered; floral bracts ovate, acute, 13 mm. long, equaling or exceeding the sepals, sharply carinate, chartaceous, covered with coarse cinereous subspreading scales; flowers subsessile; sepals lanceolate, acute, 12 mm. long, chartaceous, coarsely cinereous-lepidote, the posterior ones connate for 1 mm.; petals linear, obtuse, 14 mm. long, yellow-green when dry; stamens and pistil included.
Type locality: Cafiada de Meztitlan, Hidalgo, altitude 1300-1500 meters. Distribution: Known only from the type collection.

Tillandsia mauryana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Mexico.

Tillandsia mauryana, es una especie de planta epífita dentro del género Tillandsia, perteneciente a la familia de las bromeliáceas. Es originaria de México, donde se encuentra en el Estado de Hidalgo.

Tillandsia mauryana là một loài thuộc chi Tillandsia. Đây là loài bản địa của México.