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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7949
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: 485471; 9148895
Coordinates 7° 41' 59'' S 75° 7' 54.3'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 147
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/14
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris concinna Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Colonial midstory palm. Stems to 2 m tall, 4 cm in diameter; internodes 12 cm long, with many black spines. Number of leaves 6; sheath closed, 44 cm long; petiole 43 cm long; rachis 147 cm long; lamina pinnate; number of pinnae per side 44, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 52 cm long, middle pinna 55 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long; sheath, petiole, rachis, and pinnae spiny. Inflorescence, not yet opened, interfoliar; prophyll 23 cm long, 4 cm wide; peduncular bract 30 cm long, inserted 7 cm from base, green with brown spines; peduncle 20 cm long, 2 cm in diameter; rachis absent; rachillae 1, 14 cm long. Flower buds cream. HB transect no. 373, subunit no. 71

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