“…Tillandsia loliacea has a wide distribution, occurring in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru (Smith and Downs 1977). In Brazil, this species occurs in the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Federal District, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo and Sergipe, in Deciduous and Semideciduous Seasonal Forests, and in the forests located in the Pampa, Caatinga (stricto sensu), and Cerrado biomes (Büneker et al 2015, Flora do Brasil 2018. According to Fiorato (2009), T. loliacea occurs in rupestrian fields and Caatinga in northeastern Brazil, with epiphytic or rupicolous habit.…”