| Name | Tillandsia variabilis Schlechtendal |
| Authorship | Schlechtendal |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Tillandsia Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1844[1845]. (Jun 1845) Linnaea 18: 418 |
| Holdings | 33 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tillandsia variabilis Schlechtendal |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5), 2004 (28) |