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Puya cahuachensis A.Galán, J.Montoya, J.A.Vicente & E.Linares

Publ: Phytotaxa 283(3): 286-290 (Figs. 1, 2 & 3) (2016)

Type: PERU. Arequipa: Caravelí, Cahuacho, 15°32’47.57’’S, 73°29’59.89’’W, 3227 m , 11 August 2009, E. Linares, J. Montoya & A. Galán 4306 (holotype CPUN; isotype USP).

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Distribution: PERU. Arequipa

Habitat: It grows and forms stands between eruptive rocks, 3225 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet is derived from Cahuacho, a small village situated in the northwest of the Arequipa Region, close to the Ayacucho Region border, in Southern Peru, near the type locality of this new species.

Phenology: Flowering July–August; fruiting December–January.

Puya cahuachensis