| Name | Puya alata L. B. Smith |
| Authorship | L. B. Smith |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Puya Molina |
| Citation | 1961 Phytologia 7: 422, t. 2, f. 3–4. |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Puya alata L. B. Smith |
| Identification made in | 1986 (1) |