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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 62108 |
| Collected with | Henderson, A. & Borchsenius, F. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | ESMERALDAS |
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| Locality | Road from Tulcán to Chical, 5 km below Maldonado. |
| Coordinates | 0° 55' N 78° 6' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1350 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1350 |
| Start date | 1986/05/17 |
| End date | 1986/05/17 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Wettinia verruculosa H. E. Moore |
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| Field notes | Stem solitary, erect, 8 m tall, 17 cm diam. at base, 16 cm diam. at apex, with distinct nodes 3-10 cm apart. Leaves 4; sheaths forming a 2 m crownshaft covered with 2 old sheaths, greyish green, petiole 22 x 4 cm, rounded, rachis 342 cm, round below, ridged above, pinnae 40 per side, lower 18 x 3 cm, middle 134 x 13 cm, apical one entire 35 x 20 cm. Buds 2 per node, covered with persistent decaying leaf sheaths. Unripe fruits green. Staminate inflorescence (bud) with prophyll 40 cm long, flattened, ancipitous, 15 cm wide, splitting initially along both margins; peduncular bracts 5, apiculate, green; rachillae straight in bud. |
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