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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 62018
Collected with Henderson, A. & Borchsenius, F.
Country Ecuador
Subpart PICHINCHA
County  
Locality Hda. Irena 36 km south of Santo Domingo along road to Quevedo. Remnants of moist forest.
Coordinates 0° 22' S 79° 20' W
Minimum elevation (m) 300
Maximum elevation (m) 300
Start date 1986/04/02
End date 1986/04/04
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma irena Borchs.
Determined by Borchsenius, F. (AAU), 1996.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose, slightly procumbent. Stem 80 x 3.5 cm, nodes prominent, internodes less than a centimeter, brownish. Leaves 9, erect; sheath and petiole 100 cm, open to the base, petiole rounded below, channelled above with sharp margins between the two surfaces; rachis 105 cm long, rounded below, ridged above, glabrous; pinnae 5 - 7 per side, unevenly wide, each one with 1 - 25 primary nerves, falcate, basal pinna 48 x 4 cm, middle pinna 63 x 7.5 cm, apical pinna 47 x 14 cm. Inflorescence interfoliar, erect, simple, unbranched, spicate; peduncle 60 x 0.5 cm slightly dorsiventrally flattened; spike 36 x 1 cm.

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