Puya tuberosa — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Bromeliaceae/Puya

At a glance

Occurrence records67

Data sources4

Biological traits12

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Puya tuberosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility67 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF67 records

01Narrative

Puya tuberosa is a species in the genus Puya. This species is endemic to Bolivia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formtuberous geophyte

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 000 m

Elevation min1 800 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type67 records

Wild obs. + sensor14

Museum / vouchered53

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO152 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy45% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 1≤10 km 3>10 km 3

11 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor14

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 53 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence53

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions8 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
La Paz, BO	16
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO	11
Saint Louis, US	9
Bronx, US	6
Frankfurt am Main	3
Sucre, BO	1
Aarhus, DK	1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record	1
JBRJlocation not on record	1
Madison, US	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 51 of 53 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code