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Puya pattersoniae Manzanares & W.Till

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 348 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Azuay: road Cuenca-Sigsig-Chiguinda, past Sigsig, 03°04'02"S 78°48'00"W, 2537 m, 28 Mar. 2002, J.M. Manzanares, E. Patterson & M. Navarro 7528 (holotype: QCNE-184081; isotypes: MO, SEL, WU).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Azuay,

Habitat: Terrestrial among shrub vegetation, 2537 m. Elev.

Etymology: In honor of Elizabeth Patterson (1942-), enthusiast of the bromeliads of Ecuador, Texas, U. S. A.

Puya pattersoniae