Puya raimondii

Puya raimondii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Bromeliaceae
Subfamilia: Puyoideae
Genus: Puya
Species: Puya raimondii

Name

Puya raimondii Harms, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 213. 1928.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pourretia gigantea Raimondi ex Herrera, Revista Mus. Nac., Lima 5: 106. 1936.

References

• Harms, H. 1928. Notizblatt des botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 213.

Vernacular names

• English: Queen of the Andes
• suomi: Puija
• Runa Simi: Titanka

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