Puya coquimbensis

Puya coquimbensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Pitcairnioideae
Genus: Puya
Species: P. coquimbensis
Binomial name
Puya coquimbensis
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Puya coquimbensis is a species in the Bromeliaceae family. This species is a rare plant[1] found in certain portions of Chile including Punta Teatinos and Cerro La Campana. In La Campana National Park P.coquimbensis is associated with the endangered Chilean Wine Palm, Jubaea chilensis, which palm prehistorically had a much wider distribution.[2]

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  1. Philip Wilson Rundel, Gloria Montenegro Rizzardini, G. Montenegro and Fabian M. Jaksic. 1998
  2. C. Michael Hogan, 2008