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Prb0589 Puya gilmartiniae Dci 1753 Wc
Puente Juan Soldado.
Photo:  © P. Baxter, RBGE
Prb0575 Puya gilmartiniae Dci 1753 Wc
Puente Juan Soldado.
Photo:  © P. Baxter, RBGE
Prb0576 Puya gilmartiniae Dci 1753 Wc
Puente Juan Soldado.
Photo:  © P. Baxter, RBGE
3 Puya gilmartiniae Quebrada Honda Coquimbo Region Chile Photo A R Flores 27 08 2004
Quebrada Honda.
Photo:  © J. Watson
5 Puya gilmartiniae Quebrada Honda Coquimbo Region Chile Photo A R Flores 27 08 2004
Quebrada Honda.
Photo:  © J. Watson
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  3. Family: Bromeliaceae
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Bromeliaceae

Puya gilmartiniae G.S.Varad. & A.R.Flores

Place of Publication

Bromeliad Soc. 40(4): 161 (1990)

Type citation

“Chile. Region IV (La Serena): Prov. Elqui, about 60 km north of La Serena, on the way to Puerta Totorallilo, near El Oliva, Isla Tilago, 29°16’S, 71°17’W; alt. 50 m; May 22,1987, G.S.and Usha Varadarajan, A. Peñaloza, and A. Flores 1481” (holotype: GH; isotypes: MO, WS n.v.).

References

  • Flores (1980)

    Flores, A. R. 1980. Las especies del género Puya Mol. en la Cuarta Region, Coquimbo. Thesis, Universidad de Chile. 85 pp.

  • Varadarajan & Flores (1990)

    Varadarajan, G.S. and Flores, A. 1990. Novelties of Puya Molina (Pitcairnioideae), II: A New Species from Chile. Bromeliad Society 40(4): 161-165

  • Flores & Watson (2000)

    Flores, A. and Watson, J. 2000. Notes on Puya gilmartiniae and Puya coquimbensis. The New Plantsman 7(2): 87-94

  • 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

  • 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

  • Varadarajan & Flores (1990): Fig.6
  • Flores & Watson (2000): pages 87, 90, 91

Regions

Coquimbo

Distribution and habitat

A narrow endemic with a discontinuous distribution in Region Coquimbo from 20 to 100 metres above sea level. Coastal matorral within the fog zone. Associated shrubs include: Baccharis vernalis, Flourensia thurifera, Fuchsia lycioides, Ophyrosprus triangularis and Oxalis gigantea (Flores, 1980).

Conservation status

  • Critically Endangered (Zizka et al. (2009))

Descriptions

  • Varadarajan & Flores (1990)
  • Flores & Watson (2000)

Habit

Perennial plant to 1.5 m tall with a compact rosette of leaves. Flowers August to September.

Key characteristics

Closely related to P. boliviensis and P. chilensis both of which also have yellow flowers. However, it can easily be distinguished from both species by its leaves which are covered with dense woolly hairs especially along the margins and the bases of the spines. The leaves of P. gilmartiniae are arching and smaller, 50-60 x c. 2.5 cm, instead of erect and c. 100 x 5-6 cm. as found in P. boliviensis and P. chilensis.

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.