Tillandsia variabilis Schltdl. in Linnaea 18: 418. 1845 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Tillandsia valenzuelana A. Rich., Hist. Cuba 11: 267. 1850 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys moritziana (Klotzsch ex Beer) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 265. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia moritziana Klotzsch ex Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 265. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia laxa Griseb., Fl. Brit. W. I.: 596. 1864 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia houzeavii Chapm., Fl. South. U. S. 2. Suppl.: 665. 1883 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia brachypoda Baker in J. Bot. 25: 237. 1887 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia sublaxa Baker in J. Bot. 25: 280-281. 1887 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia polystachia var. alba Wittm. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 65. 1889 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia domingensis Mez in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 73-74. 1919 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008