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Puya raimondii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Bromeliaceae
Genus:Puya
Species:P. raimondii
Binomial name
Puya raimondii
Harms
Puya Raimondi (Puya raimondii) is an endemic species of the zone altoandina of Peru and Bolivia, found at an altitude of 3200 - 4800 m. It is not only the largest of the Puya species, but also the largest Bromeliad. It can reach 3 m tall in vegetative growth, with a flower spike 9-10 m tall. It reportedly can live over 100 years. Like most Bromeliads, it dies soon after flowering. It is considered to be an endangered species. Seeds were collected of P. raimondii in 1999 and 2000 of the rodales of Huashta Cruz (district Free People, Ancash region, Peru).

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Puya raimondii

Puya raimondii

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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]

Divisions

Green algae
  • Chlorophyta
  • Charophyta
Land plants (embryophytes)
  • Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)

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Magnoliophyta

Classes

Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots

The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Liliopsida is a botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family). It is considered synonymous (or nearly synonymous) with the name monocotyledon. Publication of the name is credited to Scopoli (in 1760): see author citation (botany).
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Poales
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Poales is order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, and sedges.
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Bromeliaceae
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Subfamiles
  • Bromelioideae
  • Pitcairnioideae
  • Tillandsioideae
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Puya
Molina

Species

Puya alpestris
Puya berteroniana
Puya chilensis
Puya coerulea
Puya hortensis
Puya laxa
Puya medica
Puya mirabilis

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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Hermann August Theodor Harms (1870-1942) was a German taxonomist and botanist. In 1938 he revised the genus Nepenthes by creating three sub-genera: Anurosperma, Eunepenthes and Mesonepenthes.
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endemic, it is unique to its own place or region; it is found only there, and not found naturally anywhere else. The place must be a discrete geographical unit, often an island or island group, but sometimes a country, habitat type, or other defined area or zone.
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Anthem
Somos libres, seámoslo siempre   (Spanish)
"We are free, may we always be so"
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Motto
"¡La unión es la fuerza!"   (Spanish)
"Unity is strength!"
Anthem
Bolivianos, el hado propicio
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Bromeliaceae
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Subfamiles
  • Bromelioideae
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Ancash

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President Ricardo Narváez Soto
Capital Huaraz 3027 m
Largest city Chimbote
Area 35,039.19 km
Population
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  - Density
1,139,083 (2004 estimate)
31.
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