TYPE: Peru. Dept. of Cajamarca: Hualgayoc, valley of Taolis, alt. 2800 m, Weberbauer 1824 (holotype, presumably destroyed at B; neotype, designated by C. A. Luer, 1997, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64: 43. 1997.: Hualgayoc, alt. 3000 m, 1 Sept. 1964, P. C. Hutchinson & K. von Bismarck 6425, AMES; isoneotypes, F, K, M, MICH, MO, NY, P, UC, US, USM).