Puya boyacana
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Puya boyacana faces severe threats from agricultural expansion and cattle ranching in Colombia's Eastern Cordillera, where its páramo habitat is being converted for potato cultivation and livestock grazing. Mining activities and infrastructure development further fragment its already restricted range. Climate change poses an additional threat by altering the cool, humid conditions essential for this high-altitude bromeliad's survival.
Habitat
Puya boyacana is endemic to the páramo ecosystems of Colombia's Eastern Cordillera, specifically in Boyacá department, where it grows in high-altitude grasslands and shrublands between 3,000-4,000 meters elevation. This terrestrial bromeliad thrives in the cool, humid conditions of these Andean moorlands, often growing among cushion plants and other specialized páramo vegetation.
Other threatened species in BROMELIACEAE
Threatened in Colombia
Frequently asked questions
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