Tillandsia balbisiana Schult. & Schult. f., Syst. Veg. 7: 1212-1213. 1830 sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2018
- =Tillandsia tenuifolia L., Sp. Pl.: 286. 1753 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia tenuifolia L. var. tenuifolia, Sp. Pl.: 286. 1753 syn. sec. ???
- =Platystachys digitata Beer, Fam. Bromel.: 84-85. 1857 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia urbaniana Wittm. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 65. 1889 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia cubensis Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 290. 1920 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & López-Ferrari 2008
- =Tillandsia dressleri L.B. Sm. in Phytologia 8: 221. t. 1, f. 7. 1962 syn. sec. Espejo-Serna & al. 2004