Puya (plant)

Puya is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Puyoideae, and is composed of 226 species.[1][2] These terrestrial plants are native to the Andes Mountains of South America and southern Central America. Many of the species are monocarpic, with the parent plant dying after one flower and seed production event.

Puya
Puya × berteroniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Puyoideae
Givnish
Genus: Puya
Molina
Type species
Puya chilensis
Species

See text

Synonyms

Pourretia Ruiz & Pav. 1794

The species Puya raimondii is notable as the largest species of bromeliad known, reaching 3 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower spike 9–10 m tall. The other species are also large, with the flower spikes mostly reaching 1–4 m tall.

The name Puya was derived from the Mapuche Indian word meaning "point".

Taxonomy

The genus is commonly divided into two subgenera, Puya, containing eight species, and Puyopsis containing the remainder. The subgenera can be distinguished by the presence of a sterile inflorescence at the branch apex in Puya, which are fertile in Puyopsis.[3]

Species

As of January 2023, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[4]

SubgenusImageScientific nameDistribution
Puya Puya alpestris (Poepp.) GayChile
Puya × berteroniana Mez
(P. alpestris subsp. zoellneri × P. venusta)
Chile
Puya boliviensis BakerChile (Antofagasta)
Puya castellanosii L.B.Sm.Argentina (Salta)
Puya chilensis MolinaChile
Puya gilmartiniae G.S.Varad. & A.R.FloresChile (Coquimbo)
Puya raimondii HarmsBolivia and Peru
Puya weddelliana (Baker) MezBolivia (Chuquisaca, Tarija)
Puyopsis (Baker) L.B. Sm. Puya adscendens L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya aequatorialis AndréEcuador
Puya alata L.B.Sm.Bolivia
Puya alba L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Tarija)
Puya alpicola L.B.Sm.Colombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)
Puya angelensis E.Gross & RauhEcuador
Puya angulonis L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya angusta L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya antioquensis L.B.Sm. & ReadColombia (Antioquia)
Puya araneosa L.B.Sm.Peru.
Puya argentea L.B.Sm.Peru (Ancash)
Puya aristeguietae L.B.Sm.Venezuela
Puya assurgens L.B.Sm.Argentina (Jujuy)
Puya atra L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya barkleyana L.B.Sm.Colombia (Santander)
Puya bermejana S.E.Gómez, Slanis & A.GrauBolivia (Tarija) to Argentina (NW. Salta)
Puya bicolor MezColombia
Puya boopiensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.LaraBolivia
Puya boyacana Cuatrec.Colombia (Boyacá
Puya brachystachya (Baker) MezColombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)
Puya brackeana Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya bravoi Aráoz & A.GrauArgentina (Salta)
Puya brittoniana BakerBolivia (La Paz)
Puya cahuachensis A.Galán, J.Montoya, Vicente Orell. & E.LinaresPeru
Puya cajasensis Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya cardenasii L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya cardonae L.B.Sm.Venezuela (Táchira)
Puya casmichensis L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya cerrateana L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya claudiae Ibisch, R.Vásquez & E.GrossBolivia
Puya clava-herculis Mez & SodiroColombia, Ecuador
Puya cleefii L.B.Sm. & ReadColombia
Puya cochabambensis R.Vásquez & IbischBolivia
Puya coerulea Lindl.Chile
Puya colcaensis Treviño, Quip. & GoudaPeru
Puya commixta L.B.Sm.Peru (Puno)
Puya compacta L.B.Sm.Ecuador
Puya coriacea L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya cristata L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya cryptantha Cuatrec.Colombia
Puya ctenorhyncha L.B.Sm.Bolivia (La Paz)
Puya cuatrecasasii L.B.Sm.Colombia
Puya cuevae Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya cylindrica MezPeru
Puya dasylirioides Standl.Costa Rica
Puya densiflora HarmsPeru
Puya depauperata L.B.Sm.Peru (Junín)
Puya dichroa L.B.Sm. & ReadColombia
Puya dodsonii Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya dolichostrobila HarmsPeru (La Libertad)
Puya donneriana R.Vásquez, Altam. & IbischBolivia
Puya dyckioides (Baker) MezArgentina, Bolivia
Puya elviragrossiae R.Vásquez & IbischBolivia
Puya entre-riosensis Ibisch & E.GrossBolivia
Puya erlenbachiana Ibisch & R.VásquezBolivia (Tarija)
Puya eryngioides AndréEcuador
Puya exigua MezEcuador (Azuay)
Puya exuta L.B.Sm. & ReadColumbia
Puya fastuosa MezPeru (Cajamarca)
Puya ferox MezPeru (Puno)
Puya ferreyrae L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.)L.B.Sm.Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Puya fiebrigii MezBolivia
Puya floccosa (Linden) É.Morren ex MezBrazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela
Puya fosteriana L.B.Sm.Bolivia (La Paz)
Puya fulgens L.B.Sm.Peru (Amazonas)
Puya furfuracea (Willd.)L.B.Sm.Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
Puya gargantae L.B.Sm.Colombia (Norte de Santander)
Puya gerd-muelleri W.WeberPeru (Cajamarca)
Puya gerdae W.WeberPeru (Lima)
Puya gigas AndréColombia
Puya glabrescens L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya glandulosa L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya glareosa L.B.Sm.Bolivia (La Paz)
Puya glaucovirens MezPeru
Puya glomerifera Mez & SodiroEcuador
Puya goudotiana MezColombia
Puya gracilis L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya grafii RauhVenezuela (Amazonas)
Puya grandidens MezPeru (Ancash)
Puya grantii L.B.Sm.Colombia
Puya grubbii L.B.Sm.Colombia (Boyacá)
Puya guaramacalana Stergios, Caracas, Dorr & S.M.NiñoVenezuela (Trujillo)
Puya gutteana W.WeberPeru (Cusco)
Puya hamata L.B.Sm.Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Puya harmsii (A.Cast.) A.Cast.Argentina
Puya harry-lutheri GoudaVenezuela
Puya herrerae HarmsPeru
Puya herzogii Wittm.Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya hirtzii Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya hofstenii MezBolivia to Argentina (Jujuy)
Puya horrida L.B.Sm. & ReadColombia
Puya hortensis L.B.Sm.Peru (Huancavelica)
Puya hoxeyi JanebaPeru
Puya hromadnikii RauhBolivia
Puya huancavelicae L.B.Sm.Peru (Huancavelica)
Puya humilis MezBolivia
Puya hutchisonii L.B.Sm.Peru (Ancash)
Puya ibischii R.VásquezBolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya iltisiana L.B.Sm.Peru (Apurímac)
Puya isabellina MezPeru (Cajamarca)
Puya joergensenii H.LutherEcuador
Puya killipii Cuatrec.Colombia, Venezuela
Puya kuntzeana MezBolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya laccata MezPeru (Huánuco)
Puya lanata (Kunth) Schult. & Schult.f.Ecuador, Peru
Puya lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. & Schult.f.Peru
Puya larae R.Vásquez & IbischBolivia
Puya lasiopoda L.B.Sm.Bolivia, Peru
Puya laxa L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Puya lehmanniana L.B.Sm.Colombia
Puya leptostachya L.B.Sm.Peru (Cusco) to Bolivia
Puya lilloi A.Cast.Argentina
Puya lineata MezColombia
Puya llatensis L.B.Sm.Peru (Huánuco)
Puya loca MadriñánColombia (Cundinamarca)
Puya lokischmidtiae R.Vásquez & IbischBolivia (Tarija)
Puya longisepala MezPeru (Puno)
Puya longispina Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya longistyla MezPeru (Cusco)
Puya lopezii L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya lutheri W.TillPeru (Ancash)
Puya macbridei L.B.Sm.Peru (Ancash)
Puya macropoda L.B.Sm.Peru (Amazonas)
Puya macrura MezPeru
Puya maculata L.B.Sm.Ecuador
Puya mariae L.B.Sm.Peru (Amazonas)
Puya medica L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya membranacea L.B.Sm.Peru (Cusco)
Puya meziana Wittm.Bolivia (La Paz)
Puya micrantha MezArgentina (Jujuy, Salta), Bolivia
Puya mima L.B.Sm. & ReadPeru (Cajamarca)
Puya minima L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Tarija)
Puya mirabilis (Mez)L.B.Sm.Argentina, Bolivia
Puya mitis MezPeru
Puya mollis Baker ex MezBolivia (La Paz)
Puya mucronata Manzan.Peru
Puya nana Wittm.Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Puya navarroana Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya nigrescens L.B.Sm.Peru (Ancash)
Puya nitida MezColombia
Puya nivalis BakerColombia (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)
Puya novarae G.S.Varad. ex Gómez Rom. & A.GrauArgentina (Salta)
Puya nutans L.B.Sm.Ecuador
Puya obconica L.B.Sm.Ecuador
Puya occidentalis L.B.Sm.Colombia (Valle del Cauca)
Puya ochroleuca Betancur & CallejasColombia (Antioquia)
Puya olivacea Wittm.Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Puya oxyantha MezPeru (Puno)
Puya pachyphylla R.Vásquez & IbischBolivia (Santa Cruz)
Puya parviflora L.B.Sm.Ecuador
Puya pattersoniae Manzan. & W.TillEcuador
Puya paupera MezBolivia (Tarija)
Puya pearcei (Baker) MezBolivia.
Puya penduliflora L.B.Sm.Bolivia (La Paz)
Puya pichinchae Mez & SodiroEcuador (Pichincha)
Puya pitcairnioides L.B.Sm.Peru (Amazonas)
Puya pizarroana R.Vásquez, Ibisch & S.BeckBolivia
Puya ponderosa L.B.Sm.Peru (Ayacucho)
Puya potosina L.B.Sm.Bolivia
Puya pratensis L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya prosanae Ibisch & E.GrossBolivia
Puya pseudoeryngioides H.LutherPeru
Puya pusilla H.LutherBolivia
Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm.Ecuador
Puya pyramidata (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. & Schult.f.Peru
Puya ramonii L.B.Sm.Peru (Lambayeque)
Puya ramosissima ined.Peru (Amazonas)
Puya rauhii L.B.Sm.Peru (Ancash)
Puya reducta L.B.Sm.Bolivia (La Paz)
Puya reflexiflora MezPeru (Ancash)
Puya retrorsa GilmartinEcuador
Puya riparia L.B.Sm.Brazil (La Paz)
Puya robin-fosteri G.S.Varad. & H.LutherPeru
Puya roezlii É.MorrenPeru
Puya roldanii Betancur & CallejasColombia (Antioquia)
Puya roseana L.B.Sm.Ecuador (Loja)
Puya rusbyi (Baker) MezBolivia (La Paz)
Puya sagasteguii L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya sanctae-crucis (Baker)L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Santa Cruz)
Puya sanctae-martae L.B.Sm.Colombia
Puya santanderensis Cuatrec.Colombia (Santander)
Puya santosii Cuatrec.Colombia (Cundinamarca)
Puya secunda L.B.Sm.Bolivia
Puya sehuencasensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.LaraBolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya serranoensis RauhBolivia
Puya silvae-baccae L.B.Sm. & ReadVenezuela (Zulia)
Puya simulans L.B.Sm.Peru (La Libertad)
Puya smithii A.Cast.Argentina
Puya sodiroana MezEcuador
Puya solomonii G.S.Varad.Bolivia
Puya spathacea (Griseb.) MezArgentina, Bolivia
Puya stenothyrsa (Baker) MezBolivia
Puya stipitata L.B.Sm.Peru (Huánuco)
Puya strobilantha MezPeru (Junín)
Puya textoragicolae W.WeberPeru (Puno)
Puya thomasiana AndréColombia to Ecuador
Puya tillii Manzan.Ecuador
Puya tovariana L.B.Sm.Peru (Lima)
Puya trianae BakerVenezuela to Ecuador
Puya tristis L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya trollii L.B.Sm.Bolivia
Puya tuberosa MezBolivia
Puya tunarensis MezBolivia (Cochabamba)
Puya tyleriana Sagást., Zapata & M.O.DillonPeru (Ancash)
Puya ugentiana L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Chuquisaca)
Puya ultima L.B.Sm.Bolivia
Puya valida L.B.Sm.Bolivia (Chuquisaca)
Puya vallo-grandensis RauhBolivia
Puya vargasiana L.B.Sm.Peru (Cusco)
Puya vasquezii Ibisch & E.GrossBolivia
Puya venezuelana L.B.Sm.Colombia, Venezuela
Puya venusta (Baker) Phil.Chile
Puya vervoorstii Gómez Rom. & A.GrauArgentina (San Juan)
Puya vestita AndréColombia to Ecuador (Pichincha)
Puya volcanensis A.Cast.Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
Puya weberbaueri MezBolivia, Peru
Puya weberiana É.Morren ex MezArgentina (Salta, Tucumán)
Puya werneriana Read & L.B.Sm.Peru (Junín)
Puya westii L.B.Sm.Ecuador (Loja) to Peru
Puya wrightii L.B.Sm.Peru
Puya wurdackii L.B.Sm.Peru (Amazonas)
Puya yakespala A.Cast.Argentina (Salta)

Cultivation and use

Some species of Puya in Chile, locally known as chagual, are used to make salads from the base of its young leaves or stem. A common species is Puya chilensis.

References

  1. Givnish, Thomas J.; Barfuss, Michael H. J.; Van Ee, Benjamin; Riina, Ricarda; Schulte, Katharina; Horres, Ralf; Gonsiska, Philip A.; Jabaily, Rachel S.; Crayn, Darren M.; Smith, J. Andrew C.; Winter, Klaus (May 2011). "Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny". American Journal of Botany. 98 (5): 872–895. doi:10.3732/ajb.1000059. hdl:2027.42/142109. PMID 21613186.
  2. Gouda, E.J. & Butcher, D. (cont. updated) A List of Accepted Bromeliaceae Names [http://bromeliad.nl/bromNames/]. University Botanic Gardens, Utrecht (accessed: 20-12-2019).
  3. Hornung-Leoni, Claudia; Sosa, Victoria (2008). "Morphological phylogenetics of Puya subgenus Puya (Bromeliaceae)" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 156: 93–110. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2007.00740.x. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. "Puya Molina - Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. 2020-11-01. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
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