Puya

Accepted species 236 Documented here 34 Family Bromeliaceae

Accepted species 236 in this genus

Every accepted species in the genus is listed. A name links to its page when we hold at least three commercially licensed photographs of it. Where we do not, the row shows how many we actually found, which is usually none.

SpeciesAuthority Usable photographsPage
Puya venusta (Baker) Phil. 58 documented
Puya chilensis Molina 54 documented
Puya spathacea (Griseb.) Mez 25 documented
Puya coerulea Miers 24 documented
Puya coerulea Lindl. 24 documented
Puya nitida Mez 24 documented
Puya goudotiana Mez 23 documented
Puya bicolor Mez 21 documented
Puya trianae Baker 21 documented
Puya ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) L.B.Sm. 18 documented
Puya dasylirioides Standl. 16 documented
Puya clava-herculis Mez & Sodiro 14 documented
Puya raimondii Harms 14 documented
Puya boyacana Cuatrec. 13 documented
Puya cochabambensis R.Vásquez & Ibisch 13 documented
Puya weberbaueri Mez 10 documented
Puya alpestris (Poepp.) Gay 9 documented
Puya lineata Mez 9 documented
Puya boliviensis Baker 8 documented
Puya floccosa (Linden) É.Morren ex Mez 8 documented
Puya cylindrica Mez 7 documented
Puya aequatorialis André 6 documented
Puya roezlii É.Morren 6 documented
Puya membranacea L.B.Sm. 5 documented
Puya pendula Aguirre-Santoro, Betancur & Ordóñez-Blanco 5 documented
Puya santosii Cuatrec. 5 documented
Puya atra L.B.Sm. 4 documented
Puya dyckioides (Baker) Mez 4 documented
Puya nana Wittm. 4 documented
Puya ochroleuca Betancur & Callejas 4 documented
Puya cuevae Manzan. & W.Till 3 documented
Puya hamata L.B.Sm. 3 documented
Puya meziana Wittm. 3 documented
Puya retrorsa Gilmartin 3 documented
Puya glomerifera Mez & Sodiro 8 below the evidence gate
Puya claudiae Ibisch, R.Vásquez & E.Gross 2 below the evidence gate
Puya cryptantha Cuatrec. 2 below the evidence gate
Puya densiflora Harms 2 below the evidence gate
Puya hofstenii Mez 2 below the evidence gate
Puya mirabilis (Mez) L.B.Sm. 2 below the evidence gate
Puya tuberosa Mez 2 below the evidence gate
Puya ibischii R.Vásquez 1 below the evidence gate
Puya mollis Baker ex Mez 1 below the evidence gate
Puya obconica L.B.Sm. 1 below the evidence gate
Puya parviflora L.B.Sm. 1 below the evidence gate
Puya pearcei (Baker) Mez 1 below the evidence gate
Puya yakespala A.Cast. 1 below the evidence gate
Puya adscendens L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya alata L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya alba L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya alpicola L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya angelensis E.Gross & Rauh 0 below the evidence gate
Puya angulonis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya angusta L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya antioquensis L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya araneosa L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya argentea L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya aristeguietae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya assurgens L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya barkleyana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya bermejana S.E.Gómez, Slanis & A.Grau 0 below the evidence gate
Puya berteroana Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya berteroniana Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya boopiensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.Lara 0 below the evidence gate
Puya brachystachya (Baker) Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya brackeana Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya bravoi Aráoz & A.Grau 0 below the evidence gate
Puya brittoniana Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cahuachensis A.Galán, J.Montoya, Vicente Orell. & E.Linares 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cajasensis Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cardenasii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cardonae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya casmichensis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya castellanosii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cerrateana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cleefii L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya colcaensis Treviño, Quip. & Gouda 0 below the evidence gate
Puya commixta L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya compacta L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya coriacea L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cristata L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ctenorhyncha L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya cuatrecasasii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya depauperata L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya dichroa L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya dodsonii Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya dolichostrobila Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Puya donneriana R.Vásquez, Altam. & Ibisch 0 below the evidence gate
Puya elviragrossiae R.Vásquez & Ibisch 0 below the evidence gate
Puya entre-riosensis Ibisch & E.Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Puya erlenbachiana Ibisch & R.Vásquez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya eryngioides André 0 below the evidence gate
Puya exigua Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya exuta L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya fastuosa Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ferox Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ferreyrae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya fiebrigii Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya fosteriana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya fulgens L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya furfuracea (Willd.) L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gargantae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gerd-muelleri W.Weber 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gerdae W.Weber 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gigas André 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gilmartiniae G.S.Varad. & A.R.Flores 0 below the evidence gate
Puya glabrescens L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya glandulosa L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya glareosa L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya glaucovirens Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gracilis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya grafii Rauh 0 below the evidence gate
Puya grandidens Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya grantii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya grubbii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya guaramacalana Stergios, Caracas, Dorr & S.M.Niño 0 below the evidence gate
Puya gutteana W.Weber 0 below the evidence gate
Puya harmsii (A.Cast.) A.Cast. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya harry-lutheri Gouda 0 below the evidence gate
Puya herrerae Harms 0 below the evidence gate
Puya herzogii Wittm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya hirtzii Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya horrida L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya hortensis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya hoxeyi Janeba 0 below the evidence gate
Puya hromadnikii Rauh 0 below the evidence gate
Puya huancavelicae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya humilis Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya hutchisonii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya iltisiana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya isabellina Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya joergensenii H.Luther 0 below the evidence gate
Puya killipii Cuatrec. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya kuntzeana Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya laccata Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lanata (Kunth) Schult. & Schult.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lanuginosa Wittm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lanuginosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. & Schult.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya larae R.Vásquez & Ibisch 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lasiopoda L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya laxa L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lehmanniana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya leptostachya L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lilloi A.Cast. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya llatensis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya loca Madriñán 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lokischmidtiae R.Vásquez & Ibisch 0 below the evidence gate
Puya longisepala Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya longispina Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya longistyla Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lopezii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya lutheri W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya macbridei L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya macropoda L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya macrura Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya maculata L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya mariae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya medica L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya micrantha Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya mima L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya minima L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya mitis Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya mucronata Manzan. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya navarroana Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya nigrescens L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya nivalis Baker 0 below the evidence gate
Puya novarae G.S.Varad. ex Gómez Rom. & A.Grau 0 below the evidence gate
Puya nutans L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya occidentalis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya olivacea Wittm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya oxyantha Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pachyphylla R.Vásquez & Ibisch 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pattersoniae Manzan. & W.Till 0 below the evidence gate
Puya paupera Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya penduliflora L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pichinchae Mez & Sodiro 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pitcairnioides L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pizarroana R.Vásquez, Ibisch & S.Beck 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ponderosa L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya potosina L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pratensis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya prosanae Ibisch & E.Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pseudoeryngioides H.Luther 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pusilla H.Luther 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pygmaea L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya pyramidata (Ruiz & Pav.) Schult. & Schult.f. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ramonii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ramosissima M.H.J.van der Meer 0 below the evidence gate
Puya rauhii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya reducta L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya reflexiflora Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya riparia L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya robin-fosteri G.S.Varad. & H.Luther 0 below the evidence gate
Puya roldanii Betancur & Callejas 0 below the evidence gate
Puya roseana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya rusbyi (Baker) Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya sagasteguii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya sanctae-crucis (Baker) L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya sanctae-martae L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya santanderensis Cuatrec. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya secunda L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya sehuencasensis R.Vásquez, Ibisch & R.Lara 0 below the evidence gate
Puya serranoensis Rauh 0 below the evidence gate
Puya silvae-baccae L.B.Sm. & Read 0 below the evidence gate
Puya simulans L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya smithii A.Cast. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya sodiroana Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya solomonii G.S.Varad. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya stenothyrsa (Baker) Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya stipitata L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya strobilantha Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya textoragicolae W.Weber 0 below the evidence gate
Puya thomasiana André 0 below the evidence gate
Puya tillii Manzan. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya tovariana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya tristis L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya trollii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya tunarensis Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya tyleriana Sagást., Zapata & M.O.Dillon 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ugentiana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya ultima L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya valida L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya vallo-grandensis Rauh 0 below the evidence gate
Puya vargasiana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya vasquezii Ibisch & E.Gross 0 below the evidence gate
Puya venezuelana L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya vervoorstii Gómez Rom. & A.Grau 0 below the evidence gate
Puya vestita André 0 below the evidence gate
Puya volcanensis A.Cast. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya waist L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya weberiana É.Morren ex Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya weddelliana (Baker) Mez 0 below the evidence gate
Puya werneriana Read & L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya westii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya wrightii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate
Puya wurdackii L.B.Sm. 0 below the evidence gate

Why some species have no pagethe gate

This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species needs at least three usable photographs before we will build it a page, because a page with one picture and no traits tells you nothing you could not get from a search result, and generating hundreds of thousands of those is precisely the practice that got the previous version of this site deleted.

So the species above without a link are not errors and they are not omissions. They are real, accepted plants that we cannot yet document to the standard we hold ourselves to, and the count in the photographs column is exactly how far short we fall.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Accepted names, authorities, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. Photograph counts, restricted to CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA. Retrieved 2026-06-27.