Type: BOLIVIA: COCHABAMBA: Prov. Ayopaya, from the Tunari highlands slopes in the direction of Morochata, at the entrance to the community of Cuevas, 3600 m, 17°13'S, 66°28'W, growing on rocks, 26. December 1999, R. Vasquez 3493,( Holotype: LPB.) Plate 3.