Puya obconica

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	LILIOPSIDA	BROMELIALES	BROMELIACEAE

Scientific Name:	Puya obconica
Species Authority:	L.B.Sm.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1ab(iii); C2a(i) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2003

Assessor/s:

Manzanares, J.M. & Pitman, N.

Reviewer/s:

Valencia, R., Pitman, N., Léon-Yánez, S. & Jørgensen, P.M. (Ecuador Plants Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
A terrestrial bromeliad endemic to Ecuador, known from four subpopulations in southern Ecuador: the type subpopulation at the Nudo de Sabanillas and three others on the Yangana-Valladolid road, on the slopes of Cerro Toledo inside the Parque Nacional Podocarpus. Principal threats are fires set by people and the conversion of forest to croplands. In 1997 the IUCN listed this species as Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998).

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Puya obconica is endemic to Ecuador. It is known from four subpopulations in Loja and Zamora-Chinchipe provinces.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	High Andean forest to high altitude paramos (2,000–3,000 m).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Principal threats are fires set by people and the conversion of forest to croplands.

Major Threat(s):

Principal threats are fires set by people and the conversion of forest to croplands.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Known to occur within protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

Known to occur within protected areas.

Citation:	Manzanares, J.M. & Pitman, N. 2003. Puya obconica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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