Taxon: Puya alpestris (Poepp.) Gay

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile [s.-c.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Smith, L. B. & R. J. Downs. 1974. Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 14(1):185.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Puya alpestris.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Puya alpestris.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Puya alpestris.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Pourretia alpestris Poepp. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Puya alpestris (Poepp.) Gay:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Puya alpestris cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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