achupalla Mez
=> Puya floccosa var. floccosa
acris Hort ex Gentil
=> Puya EXCLUDED TAXA
adscendens L.B.Sm.
aequatorialis André
var. aequatorialis
var. albiflora André
alata L.B.Sm.
alba L.B.Sm.
alpestris (Poeppig) Gay
alpestris sensu Gay
=> Puya berteroniana x
subsp. alpestris
subsp. zoellneri Zizka, J.V.Schneid. & Novoa
alpicola L.B.Sm.
altensteinii Link, Klotzsch & Otto
=> Pitcairnia altensteinii var. altensteinii
var. gigantea Hook.
=> Pitcairnia altensteinii var. gigantea
angelensis E.Gross & Rauh
angulonis L.B.Sm.
angusta L.B.Sm.
angusta sensu Mez
=> Connellia quelchii
antioquiensis L.B.Sm. & Read
araneosa L.B.Sm.
argentea L.B.Sm.
aristeguietae L.B.Sm.
asplundii L.B.Sm.
assurgens L.B.Sm.
atra L.B.Sm.
augustae (M.R.Schomb.) Mez
=> Connellia augustae
aurantiaca (Ten.) K. Koch
=> Pitcairnia densiflora
barkleyana L.B.Sm.
bermejana Gomez, Slanis & Grau
x berteroniana Mez
bicolor Mez
boliviensis Baker
bonplandiana Schult. & Schult.f.
=> Puya floccosa var. floccosa
bonplandiana Schult. & Schult.f.
=> Puya furfuracea
boopiensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.Lara
boyacana Cuatrec.
brachystachya Mez
brackeana Manzanares & W.Till
bravoi Aráoz & A.Grau
brittoniana Baker
butcheriana H.Luther
=> Puya humilis
cahuachensis A.Galán, J.Montoya, J.A.Vicente & E.Linares
cajasensis Manzanares & W.Till
cardenasii L.B.Sm.
cardonae L.B.Sm.
carnea (Beer) Regel
=> Pitcairnia carnea
casmichensis L.B.Sm.
castellanosii L.B.Sm.
cerrateana L.B.Sm.
chilensis Molina
var. β gigantea (Phil.) Baker ex Mez
=> Puya chilensis
var. gigantea (Phil.) Baker
=> Puya chilensis
claudiae Ibisch, R.Vasquez & E.Gross
clava-herculis Mez & Sodiro
cleefii L.B.Sm. & Read
coarctata (Ruiz & Pav.) Fisch.
=> Puya chilensis
coarctata sensu Philippi
=> Puya berteroniana x
cochabambensis R.Vásquez & Ibisch
coerulea Lindley
coerulea sensu Johow
=> Puya berteroniana x
var. coerulea
var. intermedia (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser
var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser
var. violacea (Brongn.) L.B.Sm. & Looser
colcaensis Treviño, Quip. & Gouda
commixta L.B.Sm.
compacta L.B.Sm.
copiapina Philippi
=> Puya boliviensis
coquimbensis Mez
=> Puya venusta
coriacea L.B.Sm.
cristata L.B.Sm.
cryptantha Cuatrec.
ctenorhyncha L.B.Sm.
cuatrecasasii L.B.Sm.
cuevae Manzanares & W.Till
cylindrica Mez
dasylirioides Standl.
densiflora Harms
depauperata L.B.Sm.
dichroa L.B.Sm. & Read
dodsonii Manzanares & W.Till
dolichostrobila Harms
donneriana R.Vasquez, S.Altamirano & Ibisch
dyckioides (Baker) Mez
echinotricha André
=> Puya ferruginea
edulis Morren
=> Puya EXCLUDED TAXA
elviragrossiae R.Vásquez & P.L.Ibisch
entreriosensis Ibisch & E.Gross
erlenbachiana Ibisch & R.Vasquez
eryngioides André
exigua Mez
exuta L.B.Sm. & Read
fastuosa Mez
ferox Mez
ferreyrae L.B.Sm.
ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) L.B.Sm.
fiebrigii Mez
fiebrigii sensu A.Cast.
=> Puya castellanosii
filifera hort ex H. Luther
=> Puya humilis
flava Willd. ex Baker
=> Deuterocohnia longipetala
floccosa sensu Mez
=> Puya sanctaecrucis
floccosa (Linden) E.Morren ex Mez
floccosa E.Morren
=> Puya floccosa var. floccosa
floccosa sensu Mez
=> Puya gracilis
var. compacta (Linden) E.Morren
var. floccosa
flora Speg.
=> Puya weberiana
formosa Speg.
=> Puya spathacea
fosteriana L.B.Sm.
fulgens L.B.Sm.
funckiana Linden
=> Pitcairnia maidifolia
furfuracea (Willd.) L.B.Sm.
gargantae L.B.Sm.
gaudichaudii Mez
=> Puya venusta
gerdae W.Weber
gerd-muelleri W.Weber
gigantea André
=> Puya gigas
gigantea Philippi
=> Puya chilensis
gigas André
gilmartiniae G.S.Varad. & Flores
glabrata Philippi ex Baker
=> Puya coerulea var. violacea
glabrescens L.B.Sm.
glandulosa L.B.Sm.
glareosa L.B.Sm.
glaucovirens Mez
glomerifera Mez & Sodiro
glymiana K.Koch bis
=> Pitcairnia glymiana
goudotiana Mez
gracilis L.B.Sm.
grafii Rauh
grandidens Mez
grandiflora Hook.
=> Puya ferruginea
grantii L.B.Sm.
grubbii L.B.Sm.
guaramacalana Stergios, Caracas, Dorr & S.M.Niño
guianensis Klotzsch
=> Puya floccosa var. floccosa
gummifera Mez & Sodiro
=> Puya sodiroana
gutteana W.Weber
hamata L.B.Sm. emended L.B.Sm. & R.W.Read.
harmsii (A.Cast.) A.Cast.
harry-lutheri Gouda
hauthalii Mez
=> Puya hofstenii
herrerae Harms
herzogii Wittm.
heterophylla Lindl.
=> Pitcairnia heterophylla var. heterophylla
hirtzii Manzanares & W.Till
hofstenii Mez
horrida L.B.Sm. & Read
hortensis L.B.Sm.
hoxeyi Janeba
hromadnikii Rauh
=> Puya tuberosa
huancavelicae L.B.Sm.
humilis Mez
hutchisonii L.B.Sm.
ibischii R.Vásquez
iltisiana L.B.Sm.
isabellina Mez
joergensenii H.Luther
killipii Cuatrecasas
kuntzeana Mez
laccata Mez
lanata (Kunth) Schult. & Schult.f.
lanata Schult. & Schult.f.
=> Bromelia humilis
lanuginosa sensu Wittm.
=> Puya lehmanniana
lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pavon) Schult. & Schult.f.
larae R.Vásquez & Ibisch
lasiopoda L.B.Sm.
laxa L.B.Sm.
lehmanniana L.B.Sm.
lepidota Cuatrec.
=> Puya lineata
leptostachya L.B.Sm.
lilloi A.Cast.
lineata Mez
llatensis L.B.Sm.
loca Madriñán
lokischmidtiae R.Vasquez & Ibisch
longifolia C.Morren
=> Pitcairnia heterophylla var. heterophylla
longisepala Mez
longispina Manzanares & W.Till
longistyla Mez
lopezii L.B.Sm.
x loxensis Manzan. & W.Till
lutheri W.Till
macbridei L.B.Sm.
subsp. yungayensis W.Weber
macropoda L.B.Sm.
macrostachya A.Dietr.
=> Pitcairnia altensteinii var. gigantea
macrura Mez
maculata L.B.Sm.
maidifolia C.Morren
=> Pitcairnia maidifolia
mariae L.B.Sm.
maydifolia Decne. ex Naudin
=> Pitcairnia maidifolia
medica L.B.Sm.
membranacea L.B.Sm.
meridensis E.Morren
=> Puya floccosa var. floccosa
meziana Wittm.
micrantha Mez
mima L.B.Sm. & Read
minima L.B.Sm.
mirabilis (Mez) L.B.Sm.
mitis Mez
mollis Baker ex Mez
mucronata Manzanares
nana Wittm.
navarroana Manzanares & W.Till
nigrescens L.B.Sm.
nitida Mez
var. glabrior L.B.Sm. & Read
var. nitida
nivalis Baker
novarae Varadarajan ex Gomez Romero & A.Grau
nutans L.B.Sm.
obconica L.B.Sm.
occidentalis L.B.Sm.
ochroleuca Betancur & Callejas
olivacea Wittm.
oxyantha Mez
pachyphylla R.Vasquez & Ibisch
=> Puya tuberosa
paniculata Phil.
=> Puya coerulea var. intermedia
parviflora L.B.Sm.
pastoensis (Baker) Mez
=> Puya lehmanniana
pastoensis André
=> Puya EXCLUDED TAXA
pastoensis Baker
=> Puya lehmanniana
pattersoniae Manzanares & W.Till
paupera Mez
pearcei (Baker) Mez
pectinata L.B.Sm.
=> Puya roezlii
pendula Aguirre-Santoro, Betancur and Ordóñez-Blanco
penduliflora L.B.Sm.
phelpsiae L.B.Sm.
=> Pitcairnia phelpsiae
x pichinchae Mez & Sodiro emend Manzan & W.Till
pitcairnioides L.B.Sm.
pizarroana R.Vasquez, Ibisch & S.Beck
ponderosa L.B.Sm.
potosina L.B.Sm.
pratensis L.B.Sm.
prosanae Ibisch & E.Gross
pseudoeryngioides H.Luther
=> Puya fulgens
pumila Ravenna
=> Puya alpestris
pusilla H.Luther
=> Puya minima
pygmaea L.B.Sm.
pyramidata (Ruiz & Pavon) Schult. & Schult.f.
quelchii (N.E.Br.) L.B.Sm.
=> Connellia quelchii
quetameensis André
=> Puya floccosa var. floccosa
quillotana W.Weber
=> Puya chilensis
raimondii Harms
ramonii L.B.Sm.
ramosa L.B.Sm.
rauhii L.B.Sm.
recurvata Scheidw.
=> Pitcairnia recurvata
reducta L.B.Sm.
reflexiflora Mez
retrorsa Gilmartin
riparia L.B.Sm.
robin-fosteri G.S.Varadarajan & H.Luther
roezlii E.Morren
roldanii Betancur & Callejas
roraimae Mez
=> Connellia quelchii
roseana L.B.Sm.
rubricaulis Steud.
=> Puya coerulea var. violacea
ruiziana Mez
=> Pitcairnia lanuginosa
rusbyi (Baker) Mez
sagasteguii L.B.Sm.
sanctaecrucis (Baker) L.B.Sm.
sanctae-martae L.B.Sm.
santanderensis Cuatrec.
santosii Cuatrec.
var. santosii
var. verdensis Cuatr.
saxatilis Mart.
=> Encholirium spectabile
secunda L.B.Sm.
sehuencasensis R.Vasquez, Ibisch & R.Lara
serranoensis Rauh
=> Puya tuberosa
var. brevispica Rauh
=> Puya tuberosa
silvaebaccae L.B.Sm. & Read
simulans L.B.Sm.
smithii A.Cast.
sodiroana Mez
solomonii G.S.Varad.
spathacea (Griseb.) Mez
var. harmsii A.Cast.
=> Puya harmsii
stenostele Harms
=> Puya reflexiflora
stenothyrsa (Baker) Mez
stipitata L.B.Sm.
strobilantha Mez
suberosa Molina
=> Puya chilensis
sulphurea Hook.
=> Pitcairnia wendlandii
sulphurea Hook ex K.Koch
=> Pitcairnia wendlandii
textoragricolae W.Weber
thomasiana André
tillii Manzan.
tovariana L.B.Sm.
trianae Baker
var. amplior L.B.Sm. & Read
var. trianae
tristis L.B.Sm.
trollii L.B.Sm.
tuberosa Mez
tunarensis Mez
tyleriana Sagástegui, Zapata & M.O.Dillon
ugentiana L.B.Sm.
ultima L.B.Sm.
valida L.B.Sm.
vallograndensis Rauh
=> Puya tuberosa
var. simplex Rauh
=> Puya tuberosa
vargasiana L.B.Sm.
vasquezii Ibisch & E.Gross
venezuelana L.B.Sm.
venusta (Baker) Phil.
venusta Phil. ex Baker
=> Puya venusta
vervoorstii Gomez Romero & A.Grau
vestita André
violacea sensu Walt.Watson
=> Puya coerulea var. coerulea
violacea (Brongniart) Mez
=> Puya coerulea var. violacea
var. intermedia L.B.Sm. & Looser
=> Puya coerulea var. intermedia
var. monteroana L.B.Sm. & Looser
=> Puya coerulea var. monteroana
virescens Hook.
=> Guzmania virescens
volcanensis A.Cast.
warszcewiczii H.Wendl. ex Hooker
=> Pitcairnia atrorubens
weberbaueri Mez
weberiana E.Morren ex Mez
weberii Schlumb ex Sillo
=> Deuterocohnia longipetala
weddelliana (Baker) Mez
werdermannii Harms
=> Puya humilis
werneriana Read & L.B.Sm.
westii L.B.Sm.
whytei Hooker.f.
=> Puya alpestris
whytei sensu Gourlay
=> Puya berteroniana x
woronowii Harms
=> Puya nitida
wrightii L.B.Sm.
wurdackii L.B.Sm.
yakespala A.Cast.
Total 228 accepted species listed (excluding infraspecific taxa).
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