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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7919
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, 31 km SE of Contamana, 95 km NW of Pucallpa. 6 km up Quebrada Cashiboya. Disturbed primary forest. UTM 18M: 510651; 9158617
Coordinates 7° 36' 42.5'' S 74° 54' 12.4'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 144
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/09
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris bifida Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Colonial understory palm. Stem 56 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter, covered by leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 9; sheath closed, 19 cm long; petiole 38 cm long; rachis 48 cm long; lamina entire, 80 cm long, 29 cm wide; sheath, petiole and rachis with yellow spines. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 10 cm long, 1 cm wide; peduncular bract 18 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, with brown spines; peduncle 16 cm long, 0.5 cm in diameter; rachillae 2, 2.4 cm long. Fruits ellipsoid, purple. HB transect no. 368, subunit no. 29

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