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Puya raimondii (Queen of the Andes)

Synonyms: Pourretia gigantea

Wikipedia Abstract

Puya raimondii, also known as queen of the Andes (English), titanka (Quechua) or puya de Raimondi (Spanish), is the largest species of bromeliad. It is native to Bolivia and Peru and is restricted to the high Andes at an elevation of 3000 – 4800 m.
View Wikipedia Record: Puya raimondii

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Puya raimondii

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Herb

Predators

Aglaeactis cupripennis (Shining Sunbeam)[2]
Metallura phoebe (Black Metaltail)[2]
Oreotrochilus stolzmanni (Green-headed Hillstar)[2]
Patagona gigas (Giant Hummingbird)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2El néctar de especies de Puya como recurso para picaflores Altoandinos de Ancash, Perú, Letty Salinas, César Arana, Mery Suni, Rev. peru biol. v.14 n.1 Lima ago. 2007 pp. 129-134
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0