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Collector Bergmann, B.
Number 97874
Collected with Ruiz, M.
Country Ecuador
Subpart MORONA-SANTIAGO
County  
Locality Along the Rio Nangariza, upstream from the military station of Miazi. On the river bench, inundated when the waterlevel is high.
Coordinates 4° 15' S 78° 41' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1000
Maximum elevation (m) 1000
Start date 1991/10/22
End date 1991/10/22
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma undata subsp. pulcherrima (Burret) A.J. Henderson
Determined by A. Henderson
Identification qualifier  
Field notes "Solitary? palm, very common on the part of the river bench which becomes inundated when the water level is high. Stem 2.3 m long, diam 5 cm; internodes 3 - 4 cm long, light brown, glabrous; leaves 7; sheath and petiole 80 cm long; rachis 125 cm long; pinnae 43 per side, regularly distributed, in one plane. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncle 22 - 29 cm long, 2 cm in diam, yellow towards the base, green towards the apex; rachis 20.5 - 39.5 cm long; primary rachillae 15, the 6 basal with secondary rachillae. Rachis and rachillae red. Fruits green."

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