Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L. [Bromeliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barba de tabaquillo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
barba de velho	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
barba de viejo	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
barba del monte	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
barba-de-velho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
barbe	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
barbe bois	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
barbe espagnole	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
barbe grise	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
barbe pagnole	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
barbe pangnole	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
barbón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cabello de ángel	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
clavel del aire	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
fille de l'air	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
florida moss	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guajaca	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
louisianamoos	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
peluca	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
sambabai	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
spanish moss	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spanish-moss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spansk mossa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
tillandsia usneoides whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
aerial parts, leaf	dried aerial parts	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dendropogon usneoides (L.) Raf. Neogenyton: 3 (1825).
Renealmia usneoides L. Sp. Pl.: 287 (1753).
Strepsia usneoides (L.) Nutt. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 645 (1841), not validly publ.
Tillandsia crinita Willd. ex Beer Fam. Bromel.: 152 (1856).
Tillandsia filiformis Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1229 (1830).
Tillandsia trichoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 1: 290 (1816).
Tillandsia usneoides var. cretacea (Mez) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 883 (1896).
Tillandsia usneoides f. cretacea Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 2(2): 516 (1894).
Tillandsia usneoides f. crispa André Bromel. Andr.: 64 (1889).
Tillandsia usneoides var. ferruginea (André) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 883 (1896).
Tillandsia usneoides f. ferruginea André Bromel. Andr.: 64 (1889).
Tillandsia usneoides var. filiformis (André) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 883 (1896).
Tillandsia usneoides f. filiformis André Bromel. Andr.: 64 (1889).
Tillandsia usneoides f. genuina André Bromel. Andr.: 64 (1889), not validly publ.
Tillandsia usneoides var. longissima (André) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 883 (1896).
Tillandsia usneoides f. longissima André Bromel. Andr.: 64 (1889).
Tillandsia usneoides f. major André Bromel. Andr.: 64 (1889).
Tillandsia usneoides var. robusta (É.Morren ex Mez) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 883 (1896).
Tillandsia usneoides f. robusta É.Morren ex Mez in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 3(3): 615 (1894).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dendropogon usneoides (L.)Raf	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Tillandsia usenoides	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Tillandsia usneoides	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tillandsia usneoides L.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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