Puya parviflora

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

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 parviflora
Species Authority:	L.B.Sm.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1ab(iii) 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 where it is known from seven collections in a small area of the wet southern paramos. The principal threat is the conversion of natural forest to pine plantations. Known to occur on the slopes of Cerro Toledo, inside the Parque Nacional Podocarpus. It remains in the Endangered category proposed by the IUCN in 1997 (Walter and Gillett 1998).

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Puya parviflora is endemic to Ecuador. It is known from seven collections from Loja and El Oro provinces.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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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):	The principal threat is the conversion of natural forest to pine plantations.

Major Threat(s):

The principal threat is the conversion of natural forest to pine plantations.

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 parviflora. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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