Taxonomic history
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Renealmia usneoides in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 287 of Ray Society 1957 facsimile.
Today: The current name for this species is Tillandsia usneoides (L.) L.
original Latin diagnosis
Renealmia filiformis intorta.
English translation
Renealmia filiform [and] twisted.
| Renealmia | Renealmia |
| filiform | filiformis - nominative singular feminine of group B adjective filiformis, -is, -e; modifies Renealmia |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| twisted. | intorta - nominative singular feminine of group A adjective intortus, -a, -um; modifies Renealmia |