| Name | Tillandsia patula Mez |
| Authorship | Mez |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Tillandsia Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1906 Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 35. |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tillandsia patula Mez |
| Identification made in | 1931 (1), 1940 (1) |