Puya boliviensis Baker

Taxonomic Change:

• Type: Chile, Region III (Atacama): Morro de Caldera, 1888, W. Geisse s.n. (lectotype, here designated: SGO 46420). —See Zizka et al. 2013 p. 365

Literature references:

BSA (Web) Palmengarten: 56(s):99 Smith & Downs 1974: 184: 183* Till & Vitek 1985: 212:266b U.S. Nat. Herb.

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Comments:

• Distribution and Ecology: Endemic to northern Chile; distributed in Region II (Antofagasta, 22°30’–26° S), up to about 670 m. Grows in rocky, arid areas of the coastal cordillera.
  
  Conservation: Endangered (Zizka et al., 2009).
  
  Vernacular name: None reported. —See Zizka et al. 2013