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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7783
Collected with C. Grandez, G. Criollo, D. Pedersen, L. Stewart, I. Nicolajsen, W. Eiserhardt, D. Lindvig
Country Peru
Subpart Ucayali-Atalaya
County  
Locality About 0.5 km from Río Ucayali on eastern bank 7km SW of Bolognes (UTM 8887281 S; 604815 W)i. Logged floodplain forest with patches of tall trees in a matrix of low dense tangles of lianas.
Coordinates 10° 3' 52.9'' S 74° 2' 36.5'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 183
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2008/10/16
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris brongniartii Mart.
Determined by H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Colonial understory palm, forming large patch 10 m across. Stem 6m long, 4cm thick; spines, 3cm long. Leaves 4 per stem; sheath 25cm, open; spines yellow; petiole 72cm, green; rachis 143cm; lamina 172 x 134cm; pinnae 27 per side, basal 44cm, middle 65cm, apical 32cm. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 22cm long, 5cm wide; peduncular bract 82cm long, brown, spiny; peduncle 49cm long, 2.5cm diam., smooth; rachis 11cm long, branched to 1st order; rachillae 25, 21cm long, 0.3cm thick; flowers sessile, yellow. Transect HB348-SU02.

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