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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7914
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, 23 km SW of Contamana, 113 km NW of Pucallpa. App. 20 km from the village of Santa Rosa. W side of oxbow lake. Primary forest. UTM 18M: 491601; 9167772
Coordinates 7° 31' 44.4'' S 75° 4' 34.1'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 151
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/08
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier sp. 5
Field notes Colonial understory palm. Stem 50 cm long, 1.8 cm in diameter, covered by leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 9; sheath closed, 15.5 cm long; petiole 51 cm long; rachis 44 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 8, irregularly inserted, basal pinna 29.5 cm long, middle pinna 35 cm long, apical pinna 26 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 11.5 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 15 cm long, inserted 15 cm from base, brown, with brown spines; peduncle 11 cm long, 0.5 cm thick; rachillae 2,5 cm long. Fruits green. HB transect no. 367, subunit no. 47

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