| Name | Puya hofstenii Mez |
| Authorship | Mez |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Puya Molina |
| Citation | 1906 Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 8 |
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Puya hofstenii Mez |
| Identification made in | [no date] (4), 1986 (2) |