Puya alba L.B.Sm.

  • Authority

    Smith, Lyman B. & Downs, Robert J. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14 (1): 1-658. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Puya alba L.B.Sm.

  • Type

    TYPE. Cardenas 4952-a, (holotype, US), rocky slopes, near Palos Blancos, Tarija, Bolivia, 800 m alt, Mar 1952.

  • Description

    Description - Plant 2 m high. Leaves unknown. Inflorescence laxly bipinnate, persistently white-flocculose; primary bracts suborbicular, apiculate, 3 cm long, densely serrate; branches divergent, 15 cm long, subdense with pendent-secund flowers. Floral bracts elliptic, acute, about equaling the pedicels, entire, subcoriaceous; pedicels slender, to 25 mm long; sepals narrowly lanceolate, acute, 30 mm long, ecarinate; petals over 5 cm long, white, bearing 2 long vertical calli near the base.

  • Distribution

    Known from the type collection only.

    Bolivia South America| Tarija Bolivia South America|