Puya spathacea (Griseb.) Mez
First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 9: 481 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Bolivia to N. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Pitcairnia spathacea Griseb. in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 329 (1879)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Puya formosa Speg. in Physis (Buenos Aires) 3: 155 (1917)
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.
- Gómez Romero, S.E. & Grau, A. (2009). Las especies de Puya (Bromeliaceae) en la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 44: 175-208.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Gómez Romero, S.E. & Grau, A. (2009). Las especies de Puya (Bromeliaceae) en la Argentina. Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 44: 175-208.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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