Tillandsia recurvata
Ballmoss
IUCN: least concern
7
Bishop specimens
0
Type specimens
1947
First collected
2025
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Tillandsia recurvata, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2019
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
2010
New plant records from O‘ahu for 2008Frohlich, D. & Lau, A. · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page
Two centuries of collecting
1940s2020s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1947 by Barkley; Paxson (Distrito Federal State, Mexico: Pedregal de San Angel).
From the collection
