Place of Publication
Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26: t.11 (1840)
Type citation
Edwards’s Botanical Register (1840) 26: pl. 11
Synonyms
- Pourretia coerulea Miers nom. nud.
- Pitcairnia coerulea (Lindl.) Benth
- Pitcairnia coerulea auct. non Benth .
- Puya violacea auct. non Mez
Common names
- chagual (Zizka et al. (2013))
- chagualillo (Zizka et al. (2013))
References
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Lindley (1840a)
Lindley, J. 1840. Puya coerulea. Edwards’s Botanical Register 26: pl 11
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Smith & Downs (1974)
Smith, L.B. and Downs, R.J. 1974. Flora Neotropica Monograph 14 Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae)
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Zizka et al. (2009)
Zizka , G. , Schmidt, M. , Schulte, K. , Nova, P. , Pinto, R. and König, K. 2009. Chilean Bromeliaceae: diversity, distribution and evaluation of conservation status. Biodiversity and Conservation 18: 2449-2471
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Zizka et al. (2013)
Zizka, G. , Schneider, J.V. , Schulte, K. and Novoa, P. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the Chilean Puya species (Puyoideae, Bromeliaceae), with special notes on the Puya alpestris-Puya berteroniana species complex. Brittonia 65 (4), 387-407.
Iconography
- Zizka et al. (2013): Fig. 1(E)
Regions
Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana, Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins and Biobío
Distribution and habitat
Distributed from the Region IV (Playa Las Tacas, 30°05’ S) to Region VI (Cachapoal, 33°55’S), between 500 and 2000 m above sea level. Mostly distributed in the coastal Cordillera. Grows on rocky outcrops in semiarid areas with sclerophyllous vegetation (Zizka et al., 2013).
Distribution
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Puya coerulea Lindl. var. coerulea
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Conservation status
- Near Threatened (Zizka et al. (2009))
Descriptions
- Smith & Downs (1974)
- Zizka et al. (2013)
Habit
Perennial with flowering stems 2.5 m tall. Flowers from October to February.
Key characteristics
The following key to the varieties of P. coerulea has been adapted from Zizka et al. (2013)
+ Flower bracts shorter than the flower stalks = var. violacea
+ Flower bracts about as long as or longer than the flowers stalks
+ + Flower bracts exceeding the middle of the sepals = var. coerulea
+ + Flower bracts shorter than the middle of the sepals.
+ + + Inflorescence densely & persistently white-tomentose = var. intermedia
+ + + Inflorescence hairless during flowering = var. monteroana
Notes
Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.