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alpestris

Taxon

Puya alpestris (Poepp.) Gay

Protologue Fl. Chil. 6: 12. [prob. after med. 1854]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Puya alpestre--Chile. Junquillar. 25 Nov 2014. Picaflor on Puya alpestre. DSC07767 (52).JPG

Puya alpestre--Chile. Junquillar. 25 Nov 2014. Picaflor on Puya alpestre. DSC07767 (52).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestre--Chile. Junquillar. 25 Nov 2014. Picaflor on Puya alpestre. DSC07767 (54).JPG

Puya alpestre--Chile. Junquillar. 25 Nov 2014. Picaflor on Puya alpestre. DSC07767 (54).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestre--Chile. Junquillar. 25 Nov 2014. Picaflor on Puya alpestre. DSC07767 (53).JPG

Puya alpestre--Chile. Junquillar. 25 Nov 2014. Picaflor on Puya alpestre. DSC07767 (53).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (126).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (126).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (127).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (127).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (131).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (131).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (137).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (137).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (125).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (125).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (138).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (138).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (136).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (136).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (132).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (132).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (130).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (130).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (128).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (128).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (129).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (129).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (134).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (134).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (124).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (124).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (135).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (135).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (133).JPG

Puya alpestris--Chile. Pte. Canal Maule Norte. 23 Nov 2014. DSC06245 (133).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 009.jpg

Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 007.jpg

Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 008.jpg

Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 010.jpg

Puya alpestris--So. Africa. Cape Province. Stellenbosch Bot. Gard. 21 Nov 02. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Chile Central (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

Not collected

November 25, 2014

Location

Chile, Maule, Talca (San Clemente, Curillinque)

-35.938333, -70.610556

Location Remarks

Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Picaflor en Puya alpestris.

No collection number

November 21, 2002

Location

South Africa, Western Cape (Stellenbosch University Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

Van Riebeeck St., Stellenbosch 7600

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

November 23, 2014

Location

Chile, Maule, Talca (San Clemente, Curillinque)

-35.938333, -70.610556

Location Remarks

Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Jose San Martin, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Bromeliaceae

Genus

Puya

Specific Epithet

alpestris

Authorship

(Poepp.) Gay

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

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

0.1

Global rank

#273,030 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

14%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →