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Puya longispina Manzanares & W.Till

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 333 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Carchi: paramo of El Angel, 00°44'32,3"N 78°01'29,8"W, 3803 m, grows with Espeletia pycnophylla, El Angel, 18 Feb. 2003, J.M. Manzanares & W. Till 8010 (holotype (2 sheets): QCNE184084 (inflorescence), QCNE-184085 (leaf); isotypes: MO, W Till & J.M. Manzanares 19079 !(QCNE. WLT).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Carchi,

Habitat: Terrestrial on paramos., 3803 , m. Elev.

Etymology: Refers to the long brown-castaneous spines on the margins of the leaves.

Puya longispina