Puya floccosa (Linden) É.Morren ex Mez
First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 478 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Costa Rica, Colombia to N. Brazil. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Brazil North, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Pitcairnia floccosa (Linden) Regel in Gartenflora 23: 307 (1874)
- Pourretia floccosa Linden in Cat. Gén. 8: 31 (1853)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Pitcairnia guyanensis Baker in Handb. Bromel.: 120 (1889)
- Pitcairnia quetameensis (André) Baker in Handb. Bromel.: 121 (1889)
- Pourretia achupalla Linden in Cat. Gén. 8: 31 (1853), not validly publ.
- Pourretia lanuginosa Regel in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 125 (1875), not validly publ.
- Pourretia violacea Regel in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(1): 125 (1875), not validly publ.
- Puya floccosa var. compacta L.B.Sm. in Phytologia 13: 457 (1966)
- Puya guianensis Klotzsch in M.R.Schomburgk, Reis. Br.-Guiana: 1068 (1849), not validly publ.
- Puya meridensis É.Morren in Ann. Bot. Hort. 35: 81 (1885), not validly publ.
- Puya quetameensis André in Énum. Bromél.: 5 (1888)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (2019). Lista de especies vedadas por la resolución 213 de 1977. 8256 especies. http://i2d.humboldt.org.co/ceiba/resource.do?r=le_plantaspriorizadas_2019
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1967 | Prance, G.T. [4532], Brazil | K000973343 | Yes | ||
| Ule, E. [8371], Brazil | K000973342 | Yes |
Sources
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0