Puya coerulea var. violacea (Brongn.) L.B.Sm. & Looser

First published in Phytologia 19: 287 (1970)

This variety is accepted

The native range of this variety is Central Chile. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Chile Central

Pitcairnia violacea Brongn. in Ann. Fl. Pomone, sér. 3, 1: 116 (1847)
Pourretia violacea (Brongn.) Linden in Cat. Pl. Exot. 8: 31 (1853)
Puya violacea (Brongn.) Mez in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 476 (1896)

Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Zizka, G., Schneider, J.V., Schulte, K. & Novoa, P. (2013). Taxonomic revision of the Chilean Puya species (Puyoideae, Bromeliaceae), with special notes on the Puya alpestris-Puya berteroniana species complex. Brittonia 65: 387-407.

Date	Reference	Identified As	Barcode	Type Status	Has image?
	Philippi, R.A. [247], Chile		K000321545	Unknown type material	Yes
	s.coll. [s.n.], Chile		K000584871		Yes

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