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| Collector | Barfod, A.S. |
| Number | 60162A |
| Collected with | Bergmann, B. & Pedersen, H. B. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | MORONA-SANTIAGO |
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| Locality | Gualaquiza-Zamora road km 5, just after military control at Gualaquiza going to Zamora. Steep slope with dense shrub layer of especially Pteridium aquilinum and small trees reaching 10 m; soil coarse with much gravel and stones. |
| Coordinates | 3° 30' S 78° 35' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 900 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 900 |
| Start date | 1987/01/20 |
| End date | 1987/01/20 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Chamaedorea pauciflora Mart. |
| Determined by | Borchsenius, F. (AAU), 1996. |
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| Field notes | Understory palm, 180 cm tall, basally with 18 smooth adventitious roots without lenticels, 0.6 cm in diam.; stem 30 cm long from uppermost adventitious roots to lowermost leaf, yellowish green; leafscars 13, internodal length 2.2 cm basally to 7 cm apically. Number of leaves five, one juvenile spear shaped leaf; sheath 20 cm long, light green, the lowermost 5 cm encircling; petiole 15 cm long and 0.7 in diam.; rachis 48 cm long; lamina bifid, 60-80 cm long, 25-30 cm broad. Inflorescences: 7, interfoliar, spicate, inserted in groups of three; peduncle 15-20 cm long and 0.2-0.3 cm in diam.; rachis from 15 to 45 long and light green. Infructescence (from other nearby growing individual): peduncle 44 cm, rachis 52 cm. Fruits ovoid, 0.5 x 1 cm, green. Dupl. QCA, MECN |
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