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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7947
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, 41 km SW of Contamana, 101 km NW of Pucallpa. N side of Río Pisqui. Primary forest, often flooded. UTM 18M: 485261; 9148996
Coordinates 7° 41' 55.7'' S 75° 8' 1.1'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 157
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/14
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier sp. 5
Field notes Colonial understory palm. Stem 53 cm long, 2 cm in diameter covered by old leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 12; sheath closed, 15 cm long; petiole 32 cm long; rachis 52 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae per side 8, inserted in groups of 1-3, basal pinna 26 cm long, middle pinna 32 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long; petiole and rachis with yellow-brown spines, darkest at base and apex. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 13 cm long, 1.9 cm wide; peduncular bract 17 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, brown; peduncle 19 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, green; rachis 0 cm long; rachillae 2, to 7 cm long. Fruits very small, green. HB transect no. 373, subunit no. 24

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