| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 6790 |
| Collected with | T. Kristiansen, D. K. Andersen, C. Grandez & G. Criollo |
| Country | Peru |
| Subpart | Loreto |
| County | |
| Locality | Iquitos-Nauta rd. km 31.5 and then a few km to the NW of the road. Tropical rain forest on mosaic of white sand and clay soils, varying from tall diverse to low and species poor |
| Coordinates | 4° 0' .1'' S 73° 26' 36'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 120 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 2006/01/31 |
| End date | 0/00/00 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Bactris acanthocarpa Mart. |
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| Field notes | Solitary; stem 30 cm tall, covered with old leaf bases and humus-accumulation; lvs 6-8, erect, petiole 150 cm; blade 190x100 cm with irregular inserted pinnae; pinnae 4-12 on each side, of different width w. 1-7 nerves each, top segment large and many nerved. Inflorescences and infructescences hidden among old leafsheaths. On brown soil in very dark places, on slope. |
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