Puya pseudoeryngioides H.Luther[as Puya pseudoeryngioides H. Luther]

Diagnose: —A Puya eryngioides Andre, cui similis, inflorescentia simplice longioreque et petalis viridibus non cyaneis differt.

Observations: —This new species is similar to the Ecuadorian Puya eryngioides Andre but differs by having a longer (20-22 cm vs. 10 cm long) inflorescence that is simple (vs. basally branched) with green (vs. dark blue) petals. The collector notes that it was collected in scrubbv vegetation on sandv (evidently moist) soil with Sphagnum, Utricularia, Xyris, and Eriocaulaceae species.

Edited from : Luther 2002b. (protologue) Miscellaneous new taxa of Bromeliaceae (XVII) .