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Puyopsis
Puya is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Puyoideae, and is composed of 226 species. These terrestrial plants are native to the Andes Mountains of South America and southern Central America. Many of the species are monocarpic, with the parent plant dying after one flower and seed production event.
The species Puya raimondii is notable as the largest species of bromeliad known, reaching 3 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower spike 9–10 m tall. The other species are also large, with the flower spikes mostly reaching 1–4 m tall.
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
Puya meziana
speciesPuya meziana
Puya clava-herculis
speciesPuya clava-herculis
Puya ferruginea
speciesPuya ferruginea
Puya venusta
speciesPuya venusta
Puya coerulea
speciesPuya coerulea
Puya herzogii
speciesPuya herzogii
Puya aequatorialis
speciesPuya aequatorialis
Puya cochabambensis
speciesPuya cochabambensis
Puya goudotiana
speciesPuya goudotiana
Puya nitida
speciesPuya nitida
Puya glomerifera
speciesPuya glomerifera
Puya trianae
speciesPuya trianae
Puya spathacea
speciesPuya spathacea
sotol puya
speciesPuya dasylirioides
Puya hamata
speciesPuya hamata
Puya asplundii
speciesPuya asplundii
Puya lineata
speciesPuya lineata
Puya vallis-colcaensis
speciesPuya vallis-colcaensis
Puya santosii
speciesPuya santosii
Puya parviflora
speciesPuya parviflora
Puya weberbaueri
speciesPuya weberbaueri
Puya densiflora
speciesPuya densiflora
Puya floccosa
speciesPuya floccosa
Puya tillii
speciesPuya tillii
Puya mollis
speciesPuya mollis
Puya humilis
speciesPuya humilis
Puya riparia
speciesPuya riparia
Puya cajasensis
speciesPuya cajasensis
Puya mirabilis
speciesPuya mirabilis
Puya roezlii
speciesPuya roezlii
Puya membranacea
speciesPuya membranacea
Puya nutans
speciesPuya nutans
Puya eryngioides
speciesPuya eryngioides
Puya cuevae
speciesPuya cuevae
Puya loca
speciesPuya loca
Puya cylindrica
speciesPuya cylindrica
Puya glabrescens
speciesPuya glabrescens
Puya atra
speciesPuya atra
Puya cryptantha
speciesPuya cryptantha
Puya boyacana
speciesPuya boyacana
Puya compacta
speciesPuya compacta
Puya cundiboyacensis
speciesPuya cundiboyacensis
Puya herrerae
speciesPuya herrerae
Puya pygmaea
speciesPuya pygmaea
Puya pearcei
speciesPuya pearcei
Puya tuberosa
speciesPuya tuberosa
Puya navarroana
speciesPuya navarroana
Puya cuatrecasasii
speciesPuya cuatrecasasii
Puya roseana
speciesPuya roseana
Puya ochroleuca
speciesPuya ochroleuca
Puya retrorsa
speciesPuya retrorsa
Puya rusbyi
speciesPuya rusbyi
Puya roldanii
speciesPuya roldanii
Puya dyckioides
speciesPuya dyckioides
Puya wrightii
speciesPuya wrightii
Puya bicolor
speciesPuya bicolor
Puya sanctae-crucis
speciesPuya sanctae-crucis
Puya lilloi
speciesPuya lilloi
Puya yakespala
speciesPuya yakespala
Puya angusta
speciesPuya angusta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1542323.