| Name | Tillandsia brachycaulos Schlechtendal |
| Authorship | Schlechtendal |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Tillandsia Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1844[1845]. (Jun 1845) Linnaea 18: 422 |
| Holdings | 22 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tillandsia brachycaulos Schlechtendal |
| Identification made in | [no date] (7), 1932 (1), 1938 (1), 1939 (1), 1952 (1), 1974 (1), 2004 (9), 2017 (1) |