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Puya

The genus Puya is in the family Bromeliaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Puya

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Puya adscendens L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya aequatorialis André Accepted H WCSP
Puya alata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya alba L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya alpestris (Poepp.) Gay Accepted H WCSP
Puya alpicola L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya angelensis E.Gross & Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Puya angulonis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya angusta L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya antioquensis L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya araneosa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya argentea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya aristeguietae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya assurgens L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya atra L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya barkleyana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya bermejana S.E.Gómez, Slanis & A.Grau Accepted H WCSP
Puya berteroana Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya berteroniana Mez Accepted M TRO
Puya bicolor Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya boliviensis Baker Accepted H WCSP
Puya boopiensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.Lara Accepted H WCSP
Puya boyacana Cuatrec. Accepted H WCSP
Puya brachystachya (Baker) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya brackeana Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya brittoniana Baker Accepted H WCSP
Puya cajasensis Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya cardenasii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya cardonae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya casmichensis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya castellanosii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya cerrateana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya chilensis Molina Accepted H WCSP
Puya claudiae Ibisch, R.Vásquez & E.Gross Accepted H WCSP
Puya clava-herculis Mez & Sodiro Accepted H WCSP
Puya cleefii L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya cochabambensis R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Puya coerulea Lindl. Accepted H WCSP
Puya commixta L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya compacta L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya coriacea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya cristata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya cryptantha Cuatrec. Accepted H WCSP
Puya ctenorhyncha L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya cuatrecasasii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya cuevae Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya cylindrica Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya dasylirioides Standl. Accepted H WCSP
Puya densiflora Harms Accepted H WCSP
Puya depauperata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya dichroa L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya dodsonii Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya dolichostrobila Harms Accepted H WCSP
Puya dyckioides (Baker) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya elviragrossiae R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Puya entre-riosensis Ibisch & E.Gross Accepted H WCSP
Puya erlenbachiana Ibisch & R.Vásquez Accepted H WCSP
Puya eryngioides André Accepted H WCSP
Puya exigua Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya exuta L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya fastuosa Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya ferox Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya ferreyrae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya fiebrigii Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya floccosa (Linden) E.Morren ex Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya fosteriana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya fulgens L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya furfuracea (Willd.) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya gargantae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya gerd-muelleri W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Puya gerdae W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Puya gigas André Accepted H WCSP
Puya gilmartiniae G.S.Varad. & A.R.Flores Accepted H WCSP
Puya glabrescens L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya glandulosa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya glareosa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya glaucovirens Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya glomerifera Mez & Sodiro Accepted H WCSP
Puya goudotiana Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya gracilis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya grafii Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Puya grandidens Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya grantii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya grubbii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya gutteana W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Puya hamata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya harmsii (A.Cast.) A.Cast. Accepted H WCSP
Puya herrerae Harms Accepted H WCSP
Puya herzogii Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya hirtzii Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya hofstenii Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya horrida L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya hortensis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya hromadnikii Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Puya huancavelicae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya humilis Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya hutchisonii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya ibischii R.Vásquez Accepted H WCSP
Puya iltisiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya isabellina Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya joergensenii H.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Puya killipii Cuatrec. Accepted H WCSP
Puya kuntzeana Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya laccata Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya lanata (Kunth) Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Puya lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Puya larae R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Puya lasiopoda L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya laxa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya lehmanniana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya leptostachya L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya lilloi A.Cast. Accepted H WCSP
Puya lineata Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya llatensis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya lokischmidtiae R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Puya longisepala Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya longispina Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya longistyla Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya lopezii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya lutheri W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya macbridei L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya macropoda L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya macrura Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya maculata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya mariae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya medica L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya membranacea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya meziana Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya micrantha Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya mima L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya minima L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya mirabilis (Mez) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya mitis Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya mollis Baker ex Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya mucronata Manzan. Accepted H WCSP
Puya nana Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya navarroana Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya nigrescens L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya nitida Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya nivalis Baker Accepted H WCSP
Puya nutans L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya obconica L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya occidentalis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya ochroleuca Betancur & Callejas Accepted H WCSP
Puya olivacea Wittm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya oxyantha Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya pachyphylla R.Vásquez & Ibisch Accepted H WCSP
Puya parviflora L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya pattersoniae Manzan. & W.Till Accepted H WCSP
Puya paupera Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya pearcei (Baker) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya penduliflora L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya pichinchae Mez & Sodiro Accepted H WCSP
Puya pitcairnioides L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya pizarroana R.Vásquez, Ibisch & S.Beck Accepted H WCSP
Puya ponderosa L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya potosina L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya pratensis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya prosanae Ibisch & E.Gross Accepted H WCSP
Puya pseudoeryngioides H.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Puya pumila Ravenna Accepted H WCSP
Puya pusilla H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya pyramidata (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. & Schult.f. Accepted H WCSP
Puya raimondii Harms Accepted H WCSP
Puya ramonii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya ramosissima ined. Accepted H WCSP
Puya rauhii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya reducta L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya reflexiflora Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya retrorsa Gilmartin Accepted H WCSP
Puya riparia L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya robin-fosteri G.S.Varad. & H.E.Luther Accepted H WCSP
Puya roezlii E.Morren Accepted H WCSP
Puya roldanii Betancur & Callejas Accepted H WCSP
Puya roseana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya rusbyi (Baker) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya sagasteguii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya sanctae-crucis (Baker) L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya sanctae-martae L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya santanderensis Cuatrec. Accepted H WCSP
Puya santosii Cuatrec. Accepted H WCSP
Puya secunda L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya sehuencasensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.Lara Accepted H WCSP
Puya serranoensis Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Puya silvae-baccae L.B.Sm. & Read Accepted H WCSP
Puya simulans L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya smithii A.Cast. Accepted H WCSP
Puya sodiroana Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya solomonii G.S.Varad. Accepted H WCSP
Puya spathacea (Griseb.) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya stenothyrsa (Baker) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya stipitata L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya strobilantha Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya textoragicolae W.Weber Accepted H WCSP
Puya thomasiana André Accepted H WCSP
Puya tillii Manzan. Accepted H WCSP
Puya tovariana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya trianae Baker Accepted H WCSP
Puya tristis L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya trollii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya tuberosa Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya tunarensis Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya tyleriana Sagást., Zapata & M.O.Dillon Accepted H WCSP
Puya ugentiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya ultima L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya valida L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya vallo-grandensis Rauh Accepted H WCSP
Puya vargasiana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya vasquezii Ibisch & E.Gross Accepted H WCSP
Puya venezuelana L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya venusta (Baker) Phil. Accepted H WCSP
Puya vestita André Accepted H WCSP
Puya volcanensis A.Cast. Accepted H WCSP
Puya weberbaueri Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya weberiana E.Morren ex Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya weddelliana (Baker) Mez Accepted H WCSP
Puya werneriana Read & L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya westii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya wrightii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya wurdackii L.B.Sm. Accepted H WCSP
Puya yakespala A.Cast. Accepted H WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 296 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Puya. Of these 223 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 19 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Puya. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 296 species names for the genus Puya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 223 75.3%
◕ Synonym 61 20.6%
◕ Unplaced 4 1.4%
◕ Unassessed 8 2.7%

All names

The status of the 315 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Puya recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 228 72.4%
◕ Synonym 75 23.8%
◕ Unplaced 4 1.3%
◕ Unassessed 8 2.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 296 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Puya, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 222 45 0 0 267 90.2%
Medium confidence 1 14 0 0 15 5.1%
Low confidence 0 2 4 8 14 4.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Puya, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 1 14 0 5 0 20 6.8%
WCSP 222 47 4 0 0 273 92.2%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 3 0 3 1.0%