Puya is a genus of the botanical

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

 family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...

, subfamily Pitcairnioideae

Pitcairnioideae

Pitcairnioideae is the terrestrial subfamily of the bromeliads with over 1000 species in 16 genera. Unlike the many epiphytes and lithophytes which comprise the rest of the family, with a few exceptions, all of the members of this subfamily are either terrestrial or saxicolous...

. These terrestrial plant

Terrestrial plant

A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land. Other types of plants are aquatic , epiphytic , lithophytes and aerial ....

s are native to the Andes

Andes

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 Mountains of South America

South America

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 and southern Central America

Central America

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. Many of the species are monocarpic

Monocarpic

Monocarpic plants are those that flower, set seeds and then die. Other terms with the same meaning are hapaxanth and semelparous. The term was first used by Alphonse de Candolle....

, with the parent plant dying after one flower and seed production event.

The species Puya raimondii

Puya raimondii

Puya Raimondi, also known as Queen of the Andes is an endemic species of the altoandina zone of Bolivia and Peru, found at an altitude of 3200 – 4800 m...

is notable as the largest species of bromeliad known, reaching 3 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower

Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...

 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

Mapudungun

The Mapuche language, Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also spelled Mapuzugun and sometimes called Mapudungu or Araucanian...

 word meaning "point".

Species

• Puya adscendens L.B. Smith
• Puya aequatorialis
  Puya aequatorialis
  Puya aequatorialis is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  André
  • var. albiflora André
• Puya alata
  Puya alata
  Puya alata is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya alba
  Puya alba
  Puya alba is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya alpestris
  Puya alpestris
  Puya alpestris is a species of bromeliad native to Chilean Andes and grown as an ornamental plant. It produces a clump of gray-green, spike-edged leaves and bolts a tall inflorescence containing many flowers. The flower is an unusual teal color with bright light orange pollen.-References:*Steens,...
  
  (Poeppig) Gay
• Puya alpicola L.B. Smith
• Puya angelensis
  Puya angelensis
  Puya angelensis is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  E. Gross & Rauh
• Puya angulonis L.B. Smith
• Puya angusta L.B. Smith
• Puya antioquiensis L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya araneosa L.B. Smith
• Puya argentea L.B. Smith
• Puya aristeguietae
  Puya aristeguietae
  Puya aristeguietae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya asplundii L.B. Smith
• Puya assurgens L.B. Smith
• Puya atra
  Puya atra
  Puya atra is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya barkleyana L.B. Smith
• Puya bermejana Gómez, Slanis & Grau
• Puya berteroniana
  Puya berteroniana
  Puya berteroniana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Chile.-References:*...
  
  Mez
• Puya bicolor Mez
• Puya boliviensis
  Puya boliviensis
  Puya boliviensis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Chile.-References:*...
  
  Baker
• Puya boopiensis R. Vásquez, Ibisch & R. Lara
• Puya boyacana Cuatrecasas
• Puya brachystachya (Baker) Mez
• Puya brackeana Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya brittoniana
  Puya brittoniana
  Puya brittoniana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Baker
• Puya cajasensis Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya cardenasii
  Puya cardenasii
  Puya cardenasii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya cardonae
  Puya cardonae
  Puya cardonae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya casmichensis L.B. Smith
• Puya castellanosii L.B. Smith
• Puya cerrateana L.B. Smith
• Puya chilensis
  Puya chilensis
  Puya chilensis, is a terrestrial bromeliad originating from the arid hillsides of Chile. An evergreen perennial it forms large, dense rosettes of grey-green, strap like leaves edged with hooked spines. The green-yellow flowers are born on spikes up to 2 m high and which resemble a medieval mace....
  
  Molina
• Puya claudiae
  Puya claudiae
  Puya claudiae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.- References :* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Ibisch, R. Vásquez & E. Gross
• Puya clava-herculis
  Puya clava-herculis
  Puya clava-herculis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Ecuador.-References:* Retrieved 12 October 2009...
  
  Mez & Sodiro
• Puya cleefii L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya cochabambensis R. Vásquez & Ibisch
• Puya coerulea
  Puya coerulea
  Puya coerulea is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Chile.-References:*...
  
  Lindley
  • var. violacea (Brongniart) Smith
  • var. monteroana (Smith & Looser) Smith & Looser
  • var. intermedia (Smith & Looser) Smith & Looser
• Puya commixta L.B. Smith
• Puya compacta
  Puya compacta
  Puya compacta is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is a Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya coriacea L.B. Smith
• Puya cristata
  Puya cristata
  Puya cristata is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya cryptantha Cuatrecasas
• Puya ctenorhyncha
  Puya ctenorhyncha
  Puya ctenorhyncha is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya cuatrecasasii L.B. Smith
• Puya cuevae Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya cylindrica Mez
• Puya dasylirioides
  Puya dasylirioides
  Puya dasylirioides is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Costa Rica.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  Standley
• Puya densiflora Harms
• Puya depauperata L.B. Smith
• Puya dichroa L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya dodsonii Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya dolichostrobila Harms
• Puya dyckioides
  Puya dyckioides
  Puya dyckioides is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  (Baker) Mez
• Puya elviragrossiae R. Vásquez & P.L. Ibisch
• Puya entre-riosensis
  Puya entre-riosensis
  Puya entre-riosensis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Ibisch & E. Gross
• Puya erlenbachiana Ibisch & R. Vásquez
• Puya eryngioides
  Puya eryngioides
  Puya eryngioides is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  André
• Puya exigua
  Puya exigua
  Puya exigua is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  Mez
• Puya exuta L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya fastuosa Mez
• Puya ferox Mez
• Puya ferreyrae L.B. Smith
• Puya ferruginea
  Puya ferruginea
  Puya ferruginea is a plant species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia and Ecuador.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* Retrieved 12 October 2009...
  
  (Ruiz & Pavón) L.B. Smith
• Puya fiebrigii
  Puya fiebrigii
  Puya fiebrigii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya floccosa
  Puya floccosa
  Puya floccosa is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Costa Rica and Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  (Linden) E. Morren
  • var. compacta L.B. Smith
• Puya fosteriana
  Puya fosteriana
  Puya fosteriana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya fulgens L.B. Smith
• Puya furfuracea (Willdenow) L.B. Smith
• Puya gargantae L.B. Smith
• Puya gerd-muelleri W. Weber
• Puya gerdae W. Weber
• Puya gigas André
• Puya gilmartiniae
  Puya gilmartiniae
  Puya gilmartiniae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Chile.-References:*...
  
  G.S. Varadarajan & Flores
• Puya glabrescens
  Puya glabrescens
  Puya glabrescens is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya glandulosa L.B. Smith
• Puya glareosa
  Puya glareosa
  Puya glareosa is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya glaucovirens Mez
• Puya glomerifera
  Puya glomerifera
  Puya glomerifera is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
  Mez & Sodiro
• Puya goudotiana Mez
• Puya gracilis L.B. Smith
• Puya grafii
  Puya grafii
  Puya grafii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  Rauh
• Puya grandidens Mez
• Puya grantii L.B. Smith
• Puya grubbii L.B. Smith
• Puya gutteana W. Weber
• Puya hamata L.B. Smith
• Puya harmsii (Castellanos) Castellanos
• Puya herrerae Harms
• Puya herzogii
  Puya herzogii
  Puya herzogii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Wittmack
• Puya hirtzii Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya hofstenii
  Puya hofstenii
  Puya hofstenii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya horrida L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya hortensis L.B. Smith
• Puya huancavelicae L.B. Smith
• Puya humilis
  Puya humilis
  Puya humilis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya hutchisonii L.B. Smith
• Puya ibischii R. Vásquez
• Puya iltisiana L.B. Smith
• Puya isabellina Mez
• Puya joergensenii H. Luther
• Puya killipii
  Puya killipii
  Puya killipii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  Cuatrecasas
• Puya kuntzeana
  Puya kuntzeana
  Puya kuntzeana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya laccata Mez
• Puya lanata Kunth
• Puya lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pavón) Schultes f.
• Puya larae R. Vásquez & Ibisch
• Puya lasiopoda
  Puya lasiopoda
  Puya lasiopoda is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya laxa
  Puya laxa
  Puya laxa is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-Cultivars:* xPuckia 'Sparkle'* xPucohnia 'George Anderson'-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya lehmanniana L.B. Smith
• Puya leptostachya
  Puya leptostachya
  Puya leptostachya is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya lilloi Castellanos
• Puya lineata Mez
• Puya llatensis L.B. Smith
• Puya lokischmidtiae R. Vásquez & Ibisch
• Puya longisepala Mez
• Puya longispina Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya longistyla Mez
• Puya lopezii L.B. Smith
• Puya × loxensis Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya lutheri W. Till
• Puya macbridei L.B. Smith
  • ssp. yungayensis W. Weber
• Puya macropoda L.B. Smith
• Puya macrura Mez
• Puya maculata
  Puya maculata
  Puya maculata is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya mariae L.B. Smith
• Puya medica L.B. Smith
• Puya membranacea L.B. Smith
• Puya meziana
  Puya meziana
  Puya meziana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Wittmack
• Puya micrantha
  Puya micrantha
  Puya micrantha is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya mima L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya minima
  Puya minima
  Puya minima is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya mirabilis
  Puya mirabilis
  Puya mirabilis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  (Mez) L.B. Smith
• Puya mitis Mez
• Puya mollis
  Puya mollis
  Puya mollis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Baker
• Puya mucronata Manzanares
• Puya nana
  Puya nana
  Puya nana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Wittmack
• Puya navarroana Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya nigrescens L.B. Smith
• Puya nitida Mez
  • var. glabrior L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya nivalis Baker
• Puya nutans
  Puya nutans
  Puya nutans is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya obconica
  Puya obconica
  Puya obconica is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya occidentalis L.B. Smith
• Puya ochroleuca Betancur & Callejas
• Puya olivacea
  Puya olivacea
  Puya olivacea is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia. The only known occurrences of it are in the mountainous region in the geographic center of the country.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Wittmack
• Puya oxyantha Mez
• Puya pachyphylla R. Vásquez & Ibisch
• Puya parviflora
  Puya parviflora
  Puya parviflora is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya pattersoniae Manzanares & W. Till
• Puya paupera
  Puya paupera
  Puya paupera is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya pearcei
  Puya pearcei
  Puya pearcei is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  (Baker) Mez
• Puya penduliflora
  Puya penduliflora
  Puya penduliflora is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya × pichinchae
  Puya × pichinchae
  Puya × pichinchae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Ecuador.-References:* Retrieved 12 October 2009...
  
  Mez & Sodiro
• Puya pitcairnioides L.B. Smith
• Puya pizarroana R. Vásquez, Ibisch & St. Beck
• Puya ponderosa L.B. Smith
• Puya potosina
  Puya potosina
  Puya potosina is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya pratensis L.B. Smith
• Puya prosanae
  Puya prosanae
  Puya prosanae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Ibisch & E. Gross
• Puya pseudoeryngioides H. Luther
• Puya pygmaea
  Puya pygmaea
  Puya pygmaea is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya pyramidata (Ruiz & Pavón) Schultes f.
• Puya quillotana W. Weber
• Puya raimondii
  Puya raimondii
  Puya Raimondi, also known as Queen of the Andes is an endemic species of the altoandina zone of Bolivia and Peru, found at an altitude of 3200 – 4800 m...
  
  Harms
• Puya ramonii L.B. Smith
• Puya ramosa L.B. Smith
• Puya rauhii L.B. Smith
• Puya reducta
  Puya reducta
  Puya reducta is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya reflexiflora Mez
• Puya retrorsa
  Puya retrorsa
  Puya retrorsa is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  Gilmartin
• Puya riparia
  Puya riparia
  Puya riparia is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya robin-fosteri H. Luther
• Puya roezlii E. Morren
• Puya roldanii Betancur & Callejas
• Puya roseana
  Puya roseana
  Puya roseana is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya rusbyi
  Puya rusbyi
  Puya rusbyi is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  (Baker) Mez
• Puya sagasteguii L.B. Smith
• Puya sanctae-crucis
  Puya sanctae-crucis
  Puya sanctae-crucis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  (Baker) L.B. Smith
• Puya sanctae-martae L.B. Smith
• Puya santanderensis Cuatrecasas
• Puya santosii Cuatrecasas
  • var. verdensis Cuatrecasas
• Puya secunda
  Puya secunda
  Puya secunda is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya sehuencasensis R. Vásquez, Ibisch & R. Lara
• Puya silvae-baccae
  Puya silvae-baccae
  Puya silvae-baccae is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya simulans L.B. Smith
• Puya smithii Castellanos
• Puya sodiroana
  Puya sodiroana
  Puya sodiroana is a species of plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  Mez
• Puya solomonii
  Puya solomonii
  Puya solomonii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  G.S. Varadarajan
• Puya spathacea
  Puya spathacea
  Puya spathacea is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  (Grisebach) Mez
• Puya stenothyrsa
  Puya stenothyrsa
  Puya stenothyrsa is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  (Baker) Mez
• Puya stipitata L.B. Smith
• Puya strobilantha Mez
• Puya textoragricolae W. Weber
• Puya thomasiana André
• Puya tillii Manzanares
• Puya tovariana L.B. Smith
• Puya trianae Baker
  • var. amplior L.B. Smith & R.W. Read
• Puya tristis
  Puya tristis
  Puya tristis is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya trollii
  Puya trollii
  Puya trollii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya tuberosa
  Puya tuberosa
  Puya tuberosa is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009* Retrieved 11 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya tunarensis Mez
• Puya ugentiana
  Puya ugentiana
  Puya ugentiana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya ultima
  Puya ultima
  Puya ultima is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya valida
  Puya valida
  Puya valida is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya vargasiana L.B. Smith
• Puya vasquezii
  Puya vasquezii
  Puya vasquezii is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Ibisch & E. Gross
• Puya venezuelana
  Puya venezuelana
  Puya venezuelana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Venezuela.-References:* retrieved 3 November 2009...
  
  L.B. Smith
• Puya venusta
  Puya venusta
  Puya venusta is a species in the Bromeliaceae family. This species is a rare plant found in certain portions of Chile including Punta Teatinos and Cerro La Campana. In La Campana National Park P. venusta is associated with the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, which palm...
  
  Philippi
• Puya vestita André
• Puya volcanensis Castillon
• Puya weberbaueri
  Puya weberbaueri
  Puya weberbaueri is a species of the genus Puya. This species is native to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  Mez
• Puya weberiana E. Morren ex Mez
• Puya weddelliana
  Puya weddelliana
  Puya weddelliana is a species of the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.-References:* Retrieved 21 October 2009...
  
  (Baker) Mez
• Puya werneriana R.W. Read & L.B. Smith
• Puya westii L.B. Smith
• Puya wrightii L.B. Smith
• Puya wurdackii L.B. Smith
• Puya yakespala Castellanos

Cultivation and Use

Some species of Puya in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

 are locally known as chagual, and they are used to make salads from the base of its young leaves. A common species is Puya chilensis

Puya chilensis

Puya chilensis, is a terrestrial bromeliad originating from the arid hillsides of Chile. An evergreen perennial it forms large, dense rosettes of grey-green, strap like leaves edged with hooked spines. The green-yellow flowers are born on spikes up to 2 m high and which resemble a medieval mace....

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External links

• Puya raimondii photos
• Pictures of Puya chilensis, Puya berteroniana, Puya coerulea and Puya venusta growing in Chile.
• BSI Genera Gallery photos