Tillandsia ionantha Planch. var. ionantha, Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 10: 101, t. 1006. 1855 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Tillandsia erubescens H. Wendl. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 1854: 153. 1854, nom. illeg. syn. sec. ???
- =Pityrophyllum erubescens (H.L. Wendl.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 79. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia scopus Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. 97: t. 5892. 1871 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia rubentifolia Poiss. & Menet in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 14: 237. 1908 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008