Puya dasylirioides Standl.
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Distribucion en Costa Rica: Endémica. Cordillera de Talamanca, a una elevación entre 2600 y 3050 m.
Distribucion General:
Localidad del tipo: Costa Rica, San José, Laguna de la Chonta, al NE de Santa María de Dota, alt. 2100 m, 18 de diciembre 1925.
Depositario del tipo: HT: US
Recolector del tipo: P.C. Standley 42334
Hierba terrestre.
Terrestres de 1.5 a 2.5 m.
Hojas de 30 a 55 cm., coriáceas. Vainas de 7 a 8.5 cm. Lámina de 2.1 a 5.2 cm., laxamente dentada, de dientes pequeños, patente, atenuada, glabra en el haz, lepidota en el envés. Escapo de 1 a 2(2.2) m., erecto, de brácteas foliáceas, café oscuro, escasamente ferrugíneo, que lo recubre totalmente. Inflorescencia erecta de 10 a 16 cm. en la antesis; se alarga hasta 45 cm. en fruto, unipinnada. Brácteas primarias que cubren los ramos laterales totalmente en la antesis. Ramas laterales hasta de 3.5 cm., fasciculadas. Brácteas florales de 1.9 a 2.3 cm., verde-ferrugíneas, ovadas, submembranáceas. Sépalos de 1.2 a 1.6 cm, densamente ferrugíneos. Pétalos azules, brillantes. Cápsulas de 1 a 1.4 cm. Fácil de reconocer por su inflorescencia con ramos laterales muy cortos, recubiertos por las brácteas en la antesis.Holotype for Puya dasylirioides Standl.
Catalog Number: US 1252726
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. C. Standley
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Laguna de La Chonta, NE of Santa Maria de Dota., San José, Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 2100 to 2100
- Holotype: Standley, P. C. 1927. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 159.
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Holotype for Puya dasylirioides Standl.
Catalog Number: US 1252727
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. C. Standley
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Laguna de La Chonta, NE of Santa Maria de Dota., San José, Costa Rica, Central America
- Holotype: Standley, P. C. 1927. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 159.
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Isotype for Puya dasylirioides Standl.
Catalog Number: US 1252725
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): P. C. Standley
Year Collected: 1925
Locality: Laguna de La Chonta, NE of Santa Marta de Dota., San José, Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 2000 to 2100
- Isotype: Standley, P. C. 1927. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 17: 159.
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Turberas y sabanas de la Cordillera de Talamanca.
Esta especie conforma poblaciones densas en sabanas y turberas de la Cordillera de Talamanca, sitios donde constituye una especie común.
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.