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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7898
Collected with C. Grandez, D. Pedersen, B. Bergmann, G. del Aguila Panduro, Jim Chilo, A. Alvarado & J. Gonzales Baardales
Country Peru
Subpart Loreto
County  
Locality Río Ucayali, 5 km S of Contamana, 122 km NW of Pucallpa. North side of oxbow lake, 100 m from shore. Primary forest. Restinga, rarely inundated. UTM 18M: 499300; 9183129
Coordinates 7° 23' 24.3'' S 75° 0' 22.8'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 136
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/06
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier sp. 5
Field notes Colonial understory palm, to 2 m tall. Number of leaves 10; sheath open, 12 cm long; petiole 44 cm long; rachis 54 cm long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 10, inserted in groups of 2-3, in one single plane, basal pinna 21 cm long, middle pinna 24 cm long, apical pinna 38 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 12 cm long, 1,5 cm wide; peduncular bract 18 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, brown; peduncle 16 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, rachis absent; rachillae 2, 6 cm long. Fruits ellipsoid, purple. Fruits collected from several individuals in the population. HB transect no. 363, outside subunit no. 1

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