Puya sodiroana Mez

  • Filed As

    Bromeliaceae
    Puya sodiroana Mez

  • Collector(s)

    W. Camp E-2202, 17 Mar 1945

  • Location

    Ecuador. Azuay. Along the rio Cumbe (25 - 30 km. south of Cuenca).

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03875156

    Occurrence ID: 958f34fb-03e7-4cb4-be76-6754852d4cb6

  • Feedback

    Send comments on this specimen record

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • All Determinations

    Puya sodiroana Mez

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Ecuador

  • State/Province

    Azuay

  • Locality

    Along the rio Cumbe (25 - 30 km. south of Cuenca)

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2835 - 3048 m. (9301 - 10000 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [South America]

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

03875156
Determined by HARRY E. LUTHER I } j/L- 19
THE MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS
W»H.CiJyiP No. E—2202
Flowering spike to 2«f? m. Lower bri
to 20 cm*,long| upper bracts 2-3 cm0 If
aspi:oally yellowish, covered with browi
Hisabellinan (I.e. a dirty white withi
of plant, especially the expanded leaf?
said to be !,good for the kidneys”; als;
probably explains why the plant is rail
PLANTS OF ECUADOR
W. H. Camp, No. E-	MarehX*3a7, 1945
Puya gummifera Mez & Sodirq
3)upl*det* X.,B.Smith 1951..
Washington State University
Ae-AcvtoMJOu
Det: G. S. Varadarajan. October-November 1986
Single plants* basal lva in dense rosette*
(See field Note),
Sheet I of 2 sheets•
PROV, AZUAY: Along the rio Cumbe (25—30 km. south of Cuenca); 9,800'
10,000 ft. elev.
Distributed by the New York Botanical Garden
03875156