| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 7808 |
| Collected with | C. Grandez, G. Criollo, D. Pedersen, L. Stewart, I. Nicolajsen, W. Eiserhardt, D. Lindvig |
| Country | Peru |
| Subpart | Ucayali-Atalaya |
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| Locality | About 180 km S of Pucallpa, 15.5 km to the east along a timber-road from Nueva Italia, which on a Río Ucayali oxbow (UTM 8917931 S; 629445 W). Tall rainforest on flat terrace, dominated by Lepidocaryum tenue. |
| Coordinates | 9° 47' 12.5'' S 73° 49' 11'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 247 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 2008/10/18 |
| End date | 0/00/00 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Bactris maraja var. trichospatha (Trail)A.J. Hend. |
| Determined by | H. Balslev |
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| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 3m long, 4cm thick; spines 3cm long, black. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 30(+)cm, closed; petiole 62cm, brown, spiny; rachis 154cm; lamina 167 x 70cm; pinnae 24 per side; basal 27cm, middle 36cm, apical 15cm. Infloresence infrafoliar; peduncular bract 35(+)cm, brown with soft spines; peduncle 16(+)cm long, 0.3cm thick, smooth; rachis 4cm long, branched to 1st order; rachillae 12, 20cm long, 0.3 thick; flowers sessile. Transect HB350-SU19. |
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