AAU Herbarium Database

New Search   Modify Search

Collector Barfod, A.S.
Number 426
Collected with Roy Banka, Anders Kjaer
Country Papua New Guinea
Subpart MADANG
County  
Locality Baitabag. (from 1:1.000.000 topographic map.) ca. 50 m.
Coordinates 5° 8' S 145° 46' E
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1999/10/22
End date 1999/10/22
Family Arecaceae
Identification Ptychosperma
Determined by  
Identification qualifier  
Field notes "Caespitose palm, common in understorey, shoot collected 5 cm long, 4 cm in diam., internodal length at the middle ca. 8 cm, covered by crustaceous lichens, upper nodes blackish-brown. Number of leaves in crown 5, leaf sheath 49 cm long, green covered by grayish scales and with beige tinge distally. petiole 50-55 cm long. rachis 139 cm long. Number of leaflets 2 x 15, unevenly spaced and in different planes. Inbfructescences 2: one mature with red fruits 8 x 5 mm; one immature with pale greenish yellow fryuits, 8 x 4 mm. Duplicates at: AAU, LAE, BRI, K, CANB.

This record
Other records of Ptychosperma

The map displays only records from the Aarhus Herbarium Database.
The records may not represent the full distribution of Ptychosperma

New Search   Modify Search