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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 4345 |
| Collected with | and E. Asanza |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | NAPO |
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| Locality | Río Cuyabeno between inlet of Laguna Grande and inlet of Río Tarapui. Riverside vegetation in tropical inundated forest. |
| Coordinates | 0° 5' S 76° 9' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 230 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 230 |
| Start date | 1983/07/27 |
| End date | 1983/07/27 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Bactris riparia Mart. |
| Determined by | H. Balslev |
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| Field notes | Forming large clumps and reaching further out in the river than most other trees, always with the bax inundated and therefore not seen. Trunk to10 m high, 5-7 cm in diam, usually ascending, sometimes erect, copiously provided with black spines on the internodes; spines to 10 cm long or more. Crown of 6-8 spreading leaves; sheaths closed, enclosing the trunk; petiole 10-15 cm long, spiny; blade 120 x 80 cm, with 50 pinnae on each side. Inflorescences to 3 on each tree in different stages of development, originatingin the axil of old persisting leafsheaths below the crown, with persistent spiny spathe; male and female flowers intermixed on the same branch, male flowers soon falling. |
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