Wallisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bromeliaceae. It is also in the Tillandsioideae subfamily.Barfuss, M.H.J., Till, W., Leme, E.M.C., Pinzón, J.P., Manzanares, J.M., Halbritter, H., Samuel, R. & Brown, G.K. (2016). Taxonomic revision of Bromeliaceae subfam. Tillandsioideae based on multi-locus DNA sequence phylogeny and morphology Phytotaxa 279: 1-97
Its native range is central and southern Tropical America (within Belize, northern Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela) and Trinidad and Tobago (in the Caribbean).
Known species As accepted by Plants of the World Online : Image Scientific name Distribution Wallisia anceps (G.Lodd.) Barfuss & W.Till Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, the Guianas, Venezuela and northern Brazil Wallisia cyanea Barfuss & W.Till Ecuador Wallisia × duvalii (L.Duval) Barfuss & W.Till (W. cyanea × W. lindeniana) Ecuador. Wallisia lindeniana (Regel) É.Morren Ecuador Wallisia pretiosa (Mez) Barfuss & W.Till Ecuador
The genus name of Wallisia is in honour of Gustav Wallis (1830–1878), a German plant collector. It was first described and published in Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère Vol.20 on page 97 in 1870.
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