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Puya lutheri W.Till

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Novon 2: 443-4. (1992)

Type: Peru. Ancash: Yungay Province, Huascaran National Park, Quebrada Huaripampa between Quebrada Paria and Morococha, 77°33'W, 8°56'S, alt. 3,930-4,500 m, 13 Jan. 1985, Smith, Sanchez & Vidaurre 9196 (holotype, ISC 376409; isotype, MO not seen).

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Distribution: PERU;. Ancash,

Habitat: Terrestrial in grassland with rare scattered shrubs or stands of Palylepis sp., "Queshque" bank of rivulet between two moraines., 3,930-4,500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The species is dedicated to Harry E. Luther from the Bromeliad Identification Center at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida, who first recognized it as a novelty.

Puya lutheri