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Collector Kahn, F.
Number 2008
Collected with Mejia, K.
Country Peru
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Locality In the lower Ucayali River basin, Understory of upland forest on acrisol. Type locality.
Coordinates 4° 55' S 73° 40' W
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1986/12/17
End date 1986/12/17
Family Arecaceae
Identification Chelyocarpus repens F.Kahn & K. Mejia
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Field notes Small palm with a procumbent stem; up to 1 m long, 6 - 7 cm in diameter. 12 - 20 contemporaneous leaves in the crown, each with an erect petiole 1.2 - 1.6 m long, and pergamaceous sheath 0.15 - 0.3 m long. Blade 0.7 m high x 1.2 m wide, divided into cuneate elongated, multi-pointed, many-ribbed segments (5-7). Infrutescence 0.35 m long, with rachis and peduncle strongly flattened. Fruit immature, green.

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