| Name | Polylepis sericea Weddell |
| Authorship | Weddell |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Polylepis |
| Citation | 1857 Chlor. And. 2: 238 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Polylepis sericea Weddell |
| Identification made in | 1978 (1), 2022 (1) |