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| Collector | Skov, F. |
| Number | 64710 |
| Collected with | Borchsenius, F. & Skov-Petersen, K. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | MORONA-SANTIAGO |
| County | |
| Locality | Plan de Milagro - Gualaceo road, 2 km from Plan de Milagro. Secondary forest |
| Coordinates | 3° 1' S 78° 30' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1850 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1850 |
| Start date | 1987/09/25 |
| End date | 1987/09/25 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Geonoma stricta subsp. arundinacea (Mart.) A.J.Hend. |
| Determined by | A. Henderson |
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| Field notes | Small, solitary, understory palm, growing in dense shade in secondary forest. Stem 50 cm, 0.9 cm diam, creeping, rooting at the nodes; internodes 5 - 6 cm. Leaves 8; sheath 6 - 8 cm, gradually tapering into the petiole; petiole 16 cm, green, rounded below, flat above; rachis up to 30 cm; leafblade entire, 42 X 11 cm, bifid for 11 cm, primary veins ca. 20 per side. Inflorescences 2, only 1 per node, spicate, interfoliar, protruding from the leaf bases of the lower leaves; prophyll 5 - 8 cm, 0.6 cm wide; peduncular bract not seen, inserted 7 cm above the prophyll; peduncle 9 - 10 cm, reddish brown; rachis 10 cm; flowerpits ca. 40 - 50 . |
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