| Name | Espeletia atropurpurea A. C. Smith |
| Authorship | A. C. Smith |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Espeletia |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97623-2 |
| Citation | 1935 Brittonia 1: 508 |
| Holdings | 4 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Espeletia atropurpurea A. C. Smith |
| Identification made in | 1933 (1), 1971 (2), 2007 (1) |