TYPE: Ecuador. Carchi: Cerro Golondrina area, access via Chamorro property above El Carmen, which is above Hualchán, flat hilltop before steep ridge crest approach to peak 1840, 00º50'N 78º12'W, 1690 m, 24 Jul 1993, Brad Boyle & P. Hibbs 2325 (holotype, MO; illustration of type).