Puya violacea (Borng.) Mez var. monteroana L.B.Sm. & Looser

Puya violacea (Brongn.) Mez var. monteroana L.B.Sm. & Looser

Puya violacea (Brongn.) Mez var. monteroana L.B.Sm. & Looser is a synonym of:
Puya coerulea Lindl. var. monteroana (L.B.Sm. & Looser) L.B.Sm. & Looser

Revista Univ. (Santiago) 3: 252 (1935)

Smith & Looser (1935)

Smith, L.B. and Looser, G. 1935. Las especies chilenas del género Puya. Revista Universitaria (Santiago) 3: 241–279.

The following key to the varieties of P. coerulea has been adapted from Zizka et al. (2013)

+ Flower bracts shorter than the flowers stalk= var. violacea

+ Flower bracts about as long as or longer than the flowers stalks

+ Flower bracts exceeding the middle of the sepals = var. coerulea

+ Flower bracts shorter than the middle of the sepals.

+ Inﬂorescence densely & persistently white-tomentose = var. intermedia

+ Inﬂorescence hairless during flowering = var. monteroana