Galan et al. 2016 (Article) Puya

Puya cahuachensis (Bromeliaceae, Puyopsis), a new species from Southern Peru

Author(s):—A. Galán De Mera, J. Montoya, J.A. Vicente Orellana & E. Linares Perea

Publication:—Phytotaxa 283(3): 286–290. (2016) — DOI

Abstract:—A new species, Puya cahuachensis, is described and illustrated. It can be distinguished from its closely related species P. weberbaueri by the longer leaves with retrorse brown spines, erect peduncles, a lax inflorescence with long subcylindrical spirally arranged branches exceeding primary bracts, an inflorescence with a soft white woolly pubescence that does not fully mask the greyish colour of the rachis, and greenish bracts and sepals at anthesis.

Keywords:—Flora, Neotropics, rocky areas, taxonomy, volcanoes

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Puya cahuachensis