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Puya entreriosensis Ibisch & E.Gross

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 48(5): 217-220 (1998)

Type: Bolivia. Departamento Tarija: Province O'Connor, between Tarija and Entre Rios, near Entre Rios, 64°14" W 21°30" S, 1800 m a.s.l. The surrounding vegetation can be described as a disturbed shrub area within the TucumanianBolivian forest-formation in a transition zone to semiarid montane Chaco forest. The unique species was observed on rocky soil. Collected: Pierre & Claudia Ibisch No. 93.1282, 30 October 1993 (holotype LPB, isotype HEID).

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Distribution: BOLIVIA; Tarija,

Habitat: 1800 m. Elev.

Etymology: This new Puya-species is named after the locality Entre Rios, where it was collected.

Puya entreriosensis