EN — Endangered

Puya raimondii

Conservation status data sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

↓Decreasing

Population trend

Countries

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01 — Classification

Taxonomy & Classification

Kingdom

PLANTAE

Phylum

TRACHEOPHYTA

Class

LILIOPSIDA

Order

POALES

Family

BROMELIACEAE

Genus

Puya

Puya raimondii belongs to the family BROMELIACEAE, order POALES, within the LILIOPSIDA class.

03 — Habitat

Habitat & Distribution

Rocky areasMajor

04 — Threats

Threats

IUCN Red List: Endangered

Assessed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Livestock farming & ranching

Ongoing

Other threat

Ongoing

Problematic native species/diseases

Ongoing

05 — Conservation

Conservation Actions

Site/area protection

Species recovery

Awareness & communications

Legislation

Compliance and enforcement

06 — Range

Found in 4 Countries

Bolivia Chile Ecuador Peru

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07 — Sources

Sources & Attribution

How to Cite

IUCN: IUCN (2025). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2025-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS

GBIF: GBIF.org (2025). GBIF Home Page. Available at: https://www.gbif.org

This page: SpeciesRadar (2026). Puya raimondii (Puya raimondii). SpeciesRadar: Intelligence for Earth's Biodiversity. Available at: https://speciesradar.org/species/queen-of-the-puna

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