Gomez et al. 2007 (Article) Puya

Puya bermejana (Bromeliaceae, Pitcairnioideae), a New Species from Southern Bolivia and North-western Argentina

Author(s):—S.E. Gómez Romero, A.C. Slanis & A. Grau

Corresponding email:—segomez@csnat.unt.ed.ar

Publication:—Journal of the Bromeliad Society 57(2): 58-61. (2007)

Abstract:—A main diversification area of Puya extends in the Paramo and high Andean grasslands from Colombia to NW Argentina, including species adapted to temperate to cold tropical conditions (Smith and Downs 1974) A second, less explored diversification region involves the subtropical, humid to semiarid forests and valleys of Bolivia and NW Argentina ((Vásquez and Ibisch 2004), which has recently added several new species (e.g. Vásquez and Ibisch 2004, Ibisch and Groß 1998) to the already long list of Bolivian Puya species (Krömer, 1999). The purpose of the present paper is to describe a new species found at the border between Bolivia and Argentina belonging to the latter diversification area.

Published names (1):

Puya bermejana