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Puya brackeana Manzan. & W.Till

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 330 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Azuay: road Sigsig-Chiguinda, 03º10'48"S 78º47'55"W, 3359 m, 28 Mar. 2002, J.M. Manzanares, B. Patterson & M. Navarro 7533 (holotype: QCNE-184080; isotypes: MO, WU).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Azuay,

Habitat: Terrestrial on humid paramos., 3359 m. Elev.

Etymology: Dedicated to Karine Bracke (1958-), the wife of Jose M. Manzanares, Lochristi, Belgium.

Puya brackeana