Puya raimondii Harms

  • Filed As

    Bromeliaceae
    Puya raimondii Harms

  • Collector(s)

    H. H. Iltis 1288 with Don Ugent, 9 Jan 1963

  • Location

    Peru. Puno. Melgar Prov. ½ km SE of Hac. Santa Rosa de Achaco, ca. 12 km. E (by Nuñoa road) from Santa Rosa.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2021.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03875139

    Occurrence ID: 8effe11f-c033-4938-9edb-706b24a5ada3

  • Feedback

    Send comments on this specimen record

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • All Determinations

    Puya raimondii Harms

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Peru

  • State/Province

    Puno

  • County/Municipio

    Melgar Prov.

  • Locality

    ½ km SE of Hac. Santa Rosa de Achaco, ca. 12 km. E (by Nuñoa road) from Santa Rosa

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3800 - 4000 m. (12467 - 13123 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [South America]; [Map associated with specimen]

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

Puno
Melgar
Hugh H. litis & Don Ugent
No. iW	üan. 9, 19
raímonJii
V arid grazed MPuna”grassland slopes with
Targe colony of PUVA RAIMONDII (World's largest bromeli;
[fire damaged, very little reproduction (plants damaged
fire and grazing?), only 3 out of about 700 plants in b
none in bud], Solanum acaule, many lichens and ferns,
Castilleja, etc.
B.	liiet seepage meadow (Ranunculus, tientiana, Carex, Pq
C.	Spring-fed ditch at hacienda (Callitriche, Zanniche
Elodea).
% km SE of Hac. SANTA RQ5A QE ACHftCQ (3B00 m), ca. 12
(by Munoa road) from SANTA RUSA (UOOO m).
Washington State University
I hi
«
Det: G. S. Varadarajan. October-November 1986
'Puya raimo*clìI
Coni. DetrRev. Claudia T. Hornung Leoni
Fecha: 20/Vl/2005
Revisado para “Filogenia y Alometria Puya subg. Puya"
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
03875139
Additional field notes fur litis & Ugent X2QQ
PUVA RA1HQN0I1 Harms
verified by L. 0, !r ith 1965
Plants in flower very feu, (ca* 3 nut of 700, 2 of
these blown over by wind) ca* 7-8 rw tali« Fla
ivfcry, anthers orange. Birds nest in between leaves
apparently get caught by recurved marginal leaf
spines and die there. Beedlings none, heavily
overgrazed,
03875139