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Genus: Puna [ Cactaceae ]

Dictionary of Genus names

Puna bonnieae - the flower
Puna bonnieae

The generic name “Puna” derives from the indigenous word "Puna" that indicate the western region up to 4500 m that extends from the Peru, going throughout Bolivia to the Argentinean North. Delimited  at west by a costal chain of high volcanic picks and by the Cordillera mountainous chain to the east. The Argentinean Puna is the natural continuation of the Bolivian highland.


For example: Puna bonnieae Puna clavarioides

 

 

 

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