1-145.1

Puya guaramacalana Stergios, Caracas, Dorr & S.M.Niño

Publ: Acta Bot. Venez. 38 (2): 159-168 (Fig. 1 (2015)

Type: VENEZUELA: TRUJILLO: Municipio Boconó, Parque Na cio nal Guaramacal, Páramo El Pumar, vertiente norte, SE de Boconó (UTM: 19364614 E, 1021651 N), páramo abierto, 2600 m snm, 15/03/2007, B. Ster gios, R. Caracas, A. Bencomo, L. Briceño & A. Terán 21074 (Holotype: PORT; Isotypes: K, NY, SEL, US, VEN).

Search images on Permanent URL

Distribution: VENEZUELA: TRUJILLO

Habitat: Terrestrial in open paramo vegetation, 2600 m. Elev.

Etymology: the name of this new species reflects its apparently res - tricted range. Currently Puya guaramacalana is known only from the Gua - ramacal National Park in Trujillo State, Venezuela.

Puya guaramacalana