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laxa

Taxon

Puya laxa L.B.Sm.

Protologue Phytologia 6: 195, fig. 7, 8. 1958BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 087.jpg

Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 087.jpg

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Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 085.jpg

Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 085.jpg

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Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 086.jpg

Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 086.jpg

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Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 089.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 088.jpg

Puya laxa--PA. Longwood Gdns. 24 Jun 03. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Endemic to Bolivia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 24, 2003

Location

United States, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)

Location Remarks

1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Puya

Specific Epithet

laxa

Authorship

L.B.Sm.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#221,872 of 335,497

Top 67%

Extinction probability

15%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →