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Puya tillii Manzan.

(subgen. Puyopsis)

Publ: Bromeliaceae of Ecuador (Jewels of the Jungle) : Pitcairnioideae 2: 344 (2005)

Type: Ecuador, province of Pichincha: road de Aloag-Tandapi, 77°40'W 00°21'S, 2600 m, Mar. 1995, J.M. Manzanares 5738 (holotype: QCNE-158547; isotypes: MO, WU-9841).

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Distribution: ECUADOR; Pichincha,

Habitat: Terrestrial in humid zones with vegetation, 2600 m. Elev.

Etymology: In honor of the Austrian botanist Dr. Walter Till (1956-), specialist in the Bromeliaceae, professor of botany at the University of Vienna and Curator of the Vienna University Herbarium (WU), Austria.

Puya tillii