The subject of my research is the Florida native bromeliad species Guzmania monostachia. In 1989, an invasive bromeliad-eating weevil, Metamasius callizona, was introduced into Florida from Mexico, endangering most of Florida’s native bromeliads, including G. monostachia. My goals are to reconstruct the evolutionary history of Tillandsioideae and use population genomic approaches to quantify the genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure of Florida populations of G. monostachia.