Bromeliaceae
Puya

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.

Descriptions

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

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 211 - 2500 m.; Amazonia, Andes, Guayana y Serranía de La Macarena, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
Preocupación Menor
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Andean, Guiana Shield. Elevation range: 211–2500 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Huila, Meta, Norte de Santander, Santander, Tolima.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): LC.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0