| Name | Tillandsia gilliesii subsp. polysticha T. Walter & L. Hromadnik | 
| Authorship | T. Walter & L. Hromadnik | 
| Rank | Subspecies | 
| Placed in | Tillandsia gilliesii Baker | 
| Citation | 1984 Pl. Syst. Evol. 147: 287. | 
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tillandsia gilliesii subsp. polysticha T. Walter & L. Hromadnik | 
| Identification made in | 1984 (2) |