Puya pygmaea

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 pygmaea
Species Authority:	L.B.Sm.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A2a 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 has been recorded in seven locales of the wet southern paramos. Confirmed to occur in the Parque Nacional Podocarpus. The principal threats are slash and burn agriculture and pine plantations. Classified as Endangered in the 1997 Red List, but now the Vulnerable category is suggested. Habitat destruction is the only known threat to the species.

History:

1997

–

Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Puya pygmaea is endemic to Ecuador. It is known from seven locations in Azuay, Loja and Morona-Santiago provinces.
Countries:	Native: Ecuador
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Humid paramos (3,000–4,000 m).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The principal threats are slash and burn agriculture and pine plantations.

Major Threat(s):

The principal threats are slash and burn agriculture and 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 pygmaea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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