- Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.
- Genus: Puya Molina
Puya trianae Baker
- Genus: Puya Molina
This species is accepted, and its native range is NW. Venezuela to Ecuador. It is used as animal food and has environmental uses.
Descriptions
According to Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
[UPB]The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Ecology
- Alt. 3000 - 4100 m.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Distribution
- Native from Colombia.
According to Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
[CPLC]Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 3000 - 4100 m.; Andes.
- Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
Uses
According to Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
[UPB]- Animal Food
- Aerial parts eaten by animals (Galvis & Morales 2010).
- Other Environmental Uses
- Live plant (in situ) - Used in farming (Galvis & Morales 2010).
Distribution
Synonyms
Common Names
- Spanish
- Puya, cardón.
Other Data
Puya trianae Baker appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Handb. Bromel.: 124 (1889)
Accepted by
- Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
- Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
- Galvis-Rueda, M., Morales, M.E. (2010). Páramos de Boyacá, Flora representativa. (1st ed.). Tunja Corporación Autónoma Regional de Boyacá.
Sources
Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Useful Plants of Boyacá Project
ColPlantA database
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