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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7905
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, 20 km SW of Contamana, 120 km NW of Pucallpa. S side of the river, 500 m inland. Primary forest, disturbed by logging, dominated by Attalea phalerata. UTM 18M: 487762; 9171279
Coordinates 7° 29' 50.1'' S 75° 6' 39.3'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 142
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/07
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.)H. Wendl.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary canopy palm. Stilt roots 20, 200 cm long, 5.5 cm in diameter, with spines to 0.3 mm long. Stem 13 m long, 12 cm in diameter, smooth; Number of leaves 7; sheath closed, 146 cm long, forming a crownshaft; petiole 30 cm long; rachis 240 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 17, regularly inserted, splitting up, basal pinna 60 cm long, middle pinna 104 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 4 cm wide; peduncular bract 26 cm long, inserted 4 cm from base, brown; peduncle 23 cm long, 5 cm thick, rachis 2 cm long, 4 cm thick; rachillae 11, 20-30 cm long. Flowers cream, sessile. HB transect no. 364, subunit no. 38

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