| 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) | 
