| Name | Tillandsia melanocrater L. B. Smith |
| Authorship | L. B. Smith |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Tillandsia Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1937 Contr. Gray Herb. 117: 31–32, t. 2, f. 34. |
| Holdings | 12 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tillandsia melanocrater L. B. Smith |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5), 1935 (2), 1939 (1), 1941 (2), 1943 (2) |