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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 62093
Collected with Henderson, A. & Borchsenius, F.
Country Ecuador
Subpart PICHINCHA
County  
Locality Road from Quito to Puerto Quito near Mindo.
Coordinates 0° 4' S 78° 45' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1500
Maximum elevation (m) 1500
Start date 1986/05/11
End date 1986/05/11
Family Arecaceae
Identification Chamaedorea linearis (Ruiz & Pav.)Mart.
Determined by Borchsenius, F. (AAU), 1996.
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Field notes Stem solitary, erect, green, 2.5 -4 m tall, 4 -6 cm diam., nodes 2 -4 cm apart. Leaves 3 -5; sheaths forming a distinct green crownshaft 35 -58 cm long; petiole 24 cm long; rachis 150 cm long; pinnae 23 per side evenly spaced and in one plane, the lower 49 x 2 cm, the middle one 68 x 9 cm, the apical 34 x 8 cm. Inflorescences solitary at the nodes, pendulous at anthesis and in fruit; peduncle 27 cm with a prophyll and 3 bracts; rachis 8 cm; rachillae 15, 9 -12 cm long. Immature fruits globose, green, ripening red, (same species as 62092, different from 62088).

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