Claim: Tillandsia brachycaulos is an air plant or mesic plant species in the genus Tillandsia of the Bromeliaceae from the kingdom Plantae that is native to tropical jungles in Central America and Venezuela
Evidence: Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United States, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to mid Argentina.