Type: COLOMBIA: BOYACA: Common on dry rocky subparamo, with grasses, Espeletia pleiochasia var. socotana, Hypericum and Pa.epalanthus, Socha-Los Pinos, km 41, Filo del Alto 2 km north of Las Pilas, 4 km east northeast of Socha, 2970 m alt, 22 May 1973, Cleef 9873 (COL, holotype); same, 9873A (COL, paratype).