Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm.
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Filed As
Bromeliaceae
Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm. ( isotype ) -
Collector(s)
W. H. Camp E 2236, 17 Mar 1945
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Location
Ecuador. Azuay. Páramo de Tinajillas and surrounding chaparral and forests, 30-50 km south of Cuenca.
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Habitat
Open páramo.
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Description
Plants solitary, usually scattered. Leaves shining above, pale-scurfy below. Inflorescence bracts reddish. Corolla pale greenish blue. Small plants often originate in axils of basal leaves. Only very rarely are two mature plants so close that they appear to have come as shoots from same mother plant. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 247263
Occurrence ID: f84f9044-dc28-4f9d-acc4-ba24b76eb178
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Poales
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Family
Bromeliaceae
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All Determinations
Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm. det L. B. Smith, 1951
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Type Details
isotype of Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm.
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Region
South America
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Country
Ecuador
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State/Province
Azuay
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Locality
Páramo de Tinajillas and surrounding chaparral and forests, 30-50 km south of Cuenca.
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Elevation
Alt. 3352.8 - 3505.2 m. (11000 - 11500 ft.)
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Distribution
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Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm.