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Puya erlenbachiana Ibisch & R.Vasquez

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Die Bromelie 2004(1): 12 (2004)

Type: BOLIVIA: TARIJA: Prov. O'Connor: between Lagunita and Entre Rios, 1160 m, 21°24'S, 64°04'W, terrestrial in the area of the Tucuman-Bolivian forest area, 14. May 2001 (Flowered in cultivation in the garden of P. Ibisch in Santa Cruz, June 2003), R. Vasquez & D. Ric 4012 (LPB).

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Distribution: BOLIVIA: Tarija,

Habitat: 1160 m. Elev.

Etymology: this new type is named after Walter Erlenbach, Niederdrees/Rheinbach. The geographer Walter Erlenbach for decades has visited Bolivia and takes a strong interest in the plants that grow there. Not only has he done geographical research but archaeological too as well as being involved with social issues. The naming was a particular wish of his wife, Ulrike Lohoff-Erlenbach.

Puya erlenbachiana