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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7932
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, 60 km SW of Contamana, 106 km NW of Pucallpa, Nueva Bellaunde. S side of Río Pisqui. Flat, rarely inundated ground. Disturbed forest with many tractor tracks. UTM 18M: 466990; 9136567
Coordinates 7° 48' 40.2'' S 75° 17' 57.9'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 165
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/11
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris maraja var. trichospatha (Trail)A.J. Hend.
Determined by H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose, midstory palm. Stem 3 m long, 3.2 cm in diameter, with black spines just below nodes; internodes 7.5 cm long. Number of leaves 6; sheath 48 cm long; petiole 54 cm long; rachis 66 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 23, inserted in groups of 1-4, basal pinna 21 cm long, middle pinna 44 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with yellow, flattened spines. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 3 cm wide; peduncular bract 40 cm long, inserted 7 cm from base, brown, woody; peduncle 29 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; rachis 6 cm long, 0.5 cm in diameter; rachillae 15, 9-15 cm long. HB transect no. 369, subunit no. 63

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