CRCritically Endangered

Tillandsia truxillana

Unknown

Overview

A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.

Tillandsia truxillana faces severe threats from urban expansion and agricultural development in its restricted coastal range of northern Peru. The species' extremely limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat destruction, with coastal fog forests being converted for human settlements and farming activities. Climate change poses an additional threat by potentially altering the fog patterns that this epiphytic bromeliad depends upon for moisture in its arid coastal environment.
Threat summary

Habitat

This epiphytic bromeliad is endemic to the coastal fog forests of northern Peru, where it grows on trees and shrubs in areas that receive moisture from Pacific Ocean fog. The species is restricted to a very narrow elevational and geographic range along the arid coastal mountains where fog penetration creates suitable microhabitats.

Conservation measures underway

Species recovery

Other threatened species in BROMELIACEAE

Threatened in Peru

Copper Shark

Carcharhinus brachyurus

Declining

Frequently asked questions

Why is Tillandsia truxillana classified as Critically Endangered?

Tillandsia truxillana is classified as Critically Endangered — facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild — because population sizes are very small, declining sharply, or restricted to a tiny range. Tillandsia truxillana faces severe threats from urban expansion and agricultural development in its restricted coastal range of northern Peru. The species' extremely limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat destruction, with coastal fog forests being converted for human settlements and farming activities. Climate change poses an additional threat by potentially altering the fog patterns that this epiphytic bromeliad depends upon for moisture in its arid coastal environment.

Where does Tillandsia truxillana live?

Tillandsia truxillana occurs in Peru. Country-level distribution data is sourced from the IUCN Red List and cross-referenced with GBIF occurrences.

What are the main threats to Tillandsia truxillana?

The main threats to Tillandsia truxillana are 3.2, ai-1, ai-2, and ai-3. The full IUCN-classified threat record for this species is detailed on the species page.

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