Puya is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Puyoideae, and is composed of 226 species. These terrestrial plants are native to the Andes Mountains of South America and southern Central America. Many of the species are monocarpic, with the parent plant dying after one flower and seed production event.
Puya (plant)
Image: Puya alpestris SDBG bloom zoom
Image: Puya berteroana
Image: Puya boliviensis Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden University of California, Los Angeles DSC02897
The Bromeliaceae are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliad
Billbergia pyramidalis
Billbergia vittata Brongniart