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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 6497 |
| Collected with | Lozano, P. |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | ZAMORA-CHINCHIPE |
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| Locality | Road Loja - Zamora km 20, at San Francisco Field Station, north-facing slopes towards Quebrada San Fransisco. Dense montane forest to 20 m tall with large patches of low stunted and light open epiphyte laden forest. |
| Coordinates | 3° 58' S 79° 3' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1800 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 2400 |
| Start date | 2000/08/03 |
| End date | 2000/08/03 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Aiphanes verrucosa Borchs. & Balslev |
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| Field notes | Cespitose tree to 5 m tall; stem 3,5 cm diam.; internodes 5-6 cm long, densely covered with downwards pointing up to 10 cm long black spines; leaves 5, distichous, spreading; sheath densely covered with spines, closed at base; petiole densely spiny, 25 cm long; lamina 80x47 cm with 47 pinnae per side, in 7-8 groups of 5-6. Inflorescence interfoliar; two old wilted ones and one in bud. At this locality this species is rare and we saw it only in one place. The station manager Eduardo Cueva - who often walks this trail - had not noticed it before. 2000 m altitude. |
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