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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7968
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, 18.5 km NW of Contamana, 139 km NW of Pucallpa. SW side of oxbow lake. Primary forest on flat floodplain, with very few palms. UTM 18M: 481310; 9193181
Coordinates 7° 17' 56.8'' S 75° 10' 9.6'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 142
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/17
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris brongniartii Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Colonial midstory palm. Stem 370 cm long, 4 cm in diameter, smooth with spines. Leaves 9; leaf sheath closed, 54 cm long; petiole 55 cm long; rachis 230 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae 28 per side, inserted in groups of 1-4, basal pinna 75 cm long, middle pinna 79 cm long, apical pinna 62 cm long; sheath, petiole an rachis with yellow, flattened spines. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract more than 39 cm long, brown with yellow spines; peduncle 45 cm long, 2 cm wide, green with spines; rachis 10 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, green; rachillae 25, to 22 cm long, green. Fruits globose, green. HB transect no. 377, outside subunit 75.

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