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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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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

Habitat

Mediterranean

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