Puya alpestris Puya berteroniana Puya chilensis Puya coerulea Puya hortensis Puya laxa Puya medica Puya mirabilis Puya raimondii Puya spathacea Puya venusta and many more Image File history File links Download high resolution version (413x650, 88 KB) Puya raimondii_Inflorezenz knospig Bolivia File links The following pages link to this file: Bromeliaceae ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... families see text Poales is a botanical name at the rank of order. ... Genera See text Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) is a large family of flowering plants native to the tropical and warm temperate New World. ... Father Juan Ignacio Molina (June 24, 1740 - September 12, 1829) was a Chilean priest and naturalist. ...
Puya is a genus of 160-180 species of terrestrial plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae. They are native to the Andes Mountains of South America and southern Central America. Many of the species are monocarpic, with the parent plant dying after one flower and seed production event. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... Genera See text Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) is a large family of flowering plants native to the tropical and warm temperate New World. ... The Andes between Chile and Argentina The Andes form the longest mountain chain in the world. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Map of Central America Central America is a central region of the Americas. ... A plant that flowers and sets seed and then dies. ...
The species Puya raimondii is notable as the largest species of bromeliad known, reaching 3 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower spike 9-10 m tall. The other species are also large, with the flower spikes mostly reaching 1-4 m tall. Clivia miniata right hereflowers. ...
The name 'Puya' was derived from the Mapuche Indian (Chile) word meaning "point".
Some species of Puya in Chile are locally known as chagual, and they are used to make salads from the base of its young leaves.
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Pictures of Puya berteroniana, Puya coerulea and Puya venusta growing in Chile.
Puya is a genus of 160-180 species of terrestrial plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae.
The species Puya raimondii is notable as the largest species of bromeliad known, reaching 3 m tall in vegetative growth with a flower spike 9-10 m tall.
The name 'Puya' was derived from the Mapuche Indian (Chile) word meaning "point".
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