Natural hybrid: Puya eryngioides and Puya parviflora
Type: Ecuador, province of Loja: Loja, Uritushinga Project, on the paramo at the summit of Uritushinga, 04°05'S 79°13'W, 3073 m, 6 Mar. 1998, J.M. Manzanares, B. Girko, E. Cueva & P. Ochoa 6553 (holotype: QCNE; isotype: SEL).