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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 6504 |
| 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 | Geonoma densa Linden & H. Wendl. |
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| Field notes | Stem 4 m tall, 3-5 cm diameter at base; internodes grey, smooth, 5-6 cm long at base of stem, shorter apically. Leaves 5, erect with bent rachis and pinnae inserted in a 45 degree angle and arranged in one plane on each side of the rachis, but the two sides forming a narrow V-shaped channel; the sheaths forming a swollen section 35x7 cm of reticulate fibres; petiole 22 cm long, red at base, becoming green; blade 70x55 cm, ca 15 pinnae per side. Infructescence just below the leaves, or included in the lower leafbases, 50 cm long, peduncle 22 cm, 2 x branched, reddish. This species is abundant in the stunted forest and absent in the tall shaded forest. 2000-2500 m. |
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