| Field notes | Stems solitary, 8 m long, 1.3 cm diameter with sheaths. Sheaths completely green, with very few spines; ocreas membranous, soon falling; flagella present; knees present; petioles 24 cm long on lower leaves, 8 cm long on upper leaves; rachis 125 cm long with 44 irregularly arranged pinnae, these spreading in different planes; pinnae apices asymmetric, rachis apex a stub. Sterile palm. DNA sample. |