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| Collector | Skov, F. |
| Number | 64840 |
| Collected with | Borchsenius, F. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | PICHINCHA |
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| Locality | Old road from Sto. Domingo to Quito, 6 km. from junction to new road near Alluriquin. Pasture on slopes |
| Coordinates | 0° 16' S 78° 52' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1300 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1300 |
| Start date | 1987/11/24 |
| End date | 1987/11/24 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Aiphanes erinacea (Karst.)Wendl. |
| Determined by | F. Borchsenius & R. Bernal |
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| Field notes | Caespitose. Stems 15, densely clustered, to 5 m tall, 5-6 cm diam. Leaves 4 or more; sheath 50 cm; petiole 15 cm; rachis 140 cm; pinnae 14 per side. Infructescence interfoliar, erect; prophyll 70 x 4 cm, cream at base, brown, fibrous above; peduncular bract fibrous decaying, hanging down; peduncle 100 cm, green, densly armed with slender, yellow spines to 3 cm; rachis 80 cm, green, basally armed like peduncle, setose above; rachillae 90, the lower inserted 30 cm below the next, 52 cm long, pedunculate for 20 cm; fruits red, soon becoming black sith dry mesocarp, 8 x 7 mm, slightly rostrate, most fruits abortive with no seeds formed. |
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