by Will et al, Selbyana 30(1): 99. 2009
A single, sterile collection from Bolivia (Dept. La Paz, Prov. Nor Yungas, 10 km de Chuspipata a Coroico, 16°24'S, 67°47'W, 2500 m, 20 Sep 1997, M. Kessler 12135, LPB, GOET, SEL) is assigned to this species, otherwise only known from Colombia (Smith and Downs 1979), because of the similarity of leaf and scale characters. However, the Bolivian collection differs from Colombian specimens by its shorter leaf sheaths (2.8 cm vs. 4.9-8.5 cm long), and somewhat sparser and darker sheath and leaf surface scales, and fertile material is needed to corroborate the identification. Typically, G. dan¬ielii is characterized by sparsely lepidote leaves with very small scales, 22-38 mm long, mostly entire (some with few minute spines) primary bracts with pale apices, 13-17 mm long sepals, and leaf sheaths castaneous in lower half. —SeeSmith & Downs 1979
