Tillandsia bulbosa Hook., Exot. fl. 3: t. 173. 1826 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Tillandsia bulbosa var. brasiliensis Schult. & Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1212. 1830 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Pourretia hanisiana C. Morren ex E. Morren in Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 3: 255. 1847 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia bulbosa var. picta Hook. in Bot. Mag. 73: t. 4288. 1847 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia erythraea Lindl. & Paxton in Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 160. 1850 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia inanis Lindl. & Paxton in Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 159. 1850 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys bulbosa (Hook.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 83. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys erythraea (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 83-84. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys inanis (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 82-83. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia pumila Lindl. & Paxton, Geogr. Verbr. Pfl. Westind. 1864: 16. 1865 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008