Tillandsia bourgaei Baker in J. Bot. 25: 278-279. 1887 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Tillandsia strobilifera E. Morren ex Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 181. 1889 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia cylindrica S. Watson in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 26: 155. 1891 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & al. 2010
- =Tillandsia mexiae L.B. Sm. in Contr. Gray Herb. 117: 32-33, t. 2, f. 35-36. 1937 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008