Tillandsia setacea Sw., Fl. Ind. occid. 1: 593. 1797 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia monostachya W. Bartram, Trav.: 61. 1791 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Diaphoranthema versicolor Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 155. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Platystachys setacea (Sw.) Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 80. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Renealmia monostachya L. ex Baker, Handb. Bromel.: 175. 1889 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Vriesea setacea (Sw.) Hook. ex Mez, Monogr. phan. 9: 688. 1896 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia bromoides Mez in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 419. 1913 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008