Diagnose: —Ab omnibus speciebus Fosterellae cum petalis leviter recurvatis vel rectis et foliis pagina inferiore lepidotis ab foliis late lanceolatis, carnosis, pagina inferiore vulgo rubellis et multum latioribus differt.Edited from ( 6-10-2013): Ibisch 1998. (protologue) Conservation status of the Bolivian species of the genus Puya, applying a new method of evaluation .