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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7822
Collected with C. Grandez, G. Criollo, D. Pedersen, L. Stewart, I. Nicolajsen, W. Eiserhardt, D. Lindvig
Country Peru
Subpart Ucayali-Atalaya
County  
Locality About 180 km S of Pucallpa, 10 km to the east along a timber-road from Nueva Italia, which on a Río Ucayali oxbow (UTM 8915215 S; 623968 W). Tall rainforest on flat terrace, dominated by Lepidocaryum tenue.
Coordinates 9° 48' 41.6'' S 73° 52' 10.5'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 206
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2008/10/18
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris maraja var. maraja Mart.
Determined by H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 1.8m long, 2cm thick. Leaves 9 per stem; sheath 23cm, open; petiole 59cm, round, green; rachis 47cm; lamina 64 x 50cm; pinnae 6 per side, basal 24cm, middle 20cm, apical 20cm. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 15cm long, 1.5cm thick; peduncular bract 29cm, brown, lightly spiny with velvety cover, inserted 6cm from the base; peduncle 16cm long, 0.7cm thick; rachis 2cm long, branched to 1st order; rachillae 7, 6cm long, 0.2 thick; flowers sessile. Transect HB351-SU72.

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