Name and type material
The name Lymanbensonia choquequiraensis was published on 19 August 2020 in volume 92, issue 3 of Cactus and Succulent Journal, on page 233. The IPNI record links it to Hoxey's publication and indicates a holotype in the CUZ herbarium. [3-WWW]
The type gathering, E. Suclli and colleagues 2311, comes from the department of Cusco in Peru, near Choquequirao, at 3250 m above sea level. It was collected on 9 March 2005. The type data identify the material to which the species name refers. [3-WWW]
Place in the current genus
POWO accepts this as a distinct species. It brings the number of species currently recognised in Lymanbensonia to five. The 2010 key by Korotkova and colleagues covers four previously described species and retains that historical scope. [2-WWW] [Korotkova et al. 2010]