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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 6379A
Collected with  
Country Ecuador
Subpart NAPO
County  
Locality Roadside near Yasuni Scientific Research Station. Tropical rainforest.
Coordinates 0° 40' S 76° 23' W
Minimum elevation (m) 230
Maximum elevation (m) 230
Start date 1995/08/25
End date 1995/08/25
Family Arecaceae
Identification Syagrus smithii (H. E. Moore)Glassman
Determined by Balslev, H. (AAU), 2003.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Km 88. Stem 10 m x 7-10 cm smooth, solitary. Lvs. ca 10 spreading. Sheath 50-60 cm, closed, distally ligular or splitting into a fibrous net. Petiole 30 cm x 3 cm, rounded below, flat above with sharp margins. Blade 280 cm long, pinnate, rachis flat above rounded below, flat margins where pinnae are inserted, furfuraceous. Pinnae ca 110/side, to 80 cm long plicate, dark green with prominent midvein and reticulate crossvenation between secondary longitudinal veins. Infructescence 4 with green fruits 1 x banched. Long peduncle bending out of leaf axils and apical part druping.

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