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Puya coerulea var monteroana 12 Pangal13 Eitel Thielemann
Región de O'Higgins: Pangal.
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Puya coerulea var monteroana 18 Pangal13 Eitel Thielemann
Región de O'Higgins: Pangal.
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Puya coerulea var monteroana 8 Pangal13 Eitel Thielemann
Región de O'Higgins: Pangal.
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  3. Family: Bromeliaceae
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Bromeliaceae

Puya coerulea Lindl. var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser

Place of Publication

Phytologia 19: 287 (1970)

Type citation

“Chile, Colchagua, Cerro Centinela (San Fernando), Oct 1925, G. Montero 26” (holotype: GH).

Synonyms

References

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Smith (1970)

    Smith, L.B. 1970. Notes on Bromeliaceae, XXX. Phytologia 19: 281-290

  • Smith & Downs (1974)

    Smith, L.B. and Downs, R.J. 1974. Flora Neotropica Monograph 14 Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae)

Regions

Del General Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins

Distribution and habitat

Distributed in Regions VI and VII (34°–35°S), between 400 and 1200 m (Zizka et al., 2013).

Distribution

Classic Locations

  • Puya coerulea Lindl. var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser
    • Puya coerulea Lindl. var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser
      • Puya coerulea Lindl. var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser
        • Puya coerulea Lindl. var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser
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Conservation status

  • Vulnerable (Zizka et al. (2009))

Descriptions

  • Smith & Downs (1974)
  • Zizka et al. (2013)

Habit

Perennial with flowering stems 1–1.4m tall.

Key characteristics

The following key to the varieties of P. coerulea has been adapted from Zizka et al. (2013)

+ Flower bracts shorter than the flowers stalk = 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