We studied the vegetation found in the Llano de Paletara, municipality of Coconuco, department of Cauca, Colombia. Based on the physiognomy and floristic composition of the vegetation we identified 8 paramo vegetation types. These units represent the most extensive azonal paramo vegetation types described up to now for the Cordillera Central. Four of the 8 vegetation types are herbaceous (frailejonal-pajonal with Espeletia, chuscal abierto with Chusquea,swamp with Carex, and grassland with Calamagrostis) , three are bush tickets (thicket with Hypericum, thicket with Ageratina, and thicket with Diplostephium), and one is a forest of low stature (forest with Escallonia). We analyze some aspects of the ecology and distribution of the vegetation types and evaluate their degree of peril and value of conservation.