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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 7993
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, 25 km SW of Orellana, 166 km NW of Pucallpa. Village of Inahuaya, App. 4 km from river. Primary forest on very steep slopes. UTM 18M: 467659; 9215481
Coordinates 7° 5' 50.4'' S 75° 17' 34.3'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 162
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/22
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Aiphanes aculeata Willdenow
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary midstory palm. Stem 10 m tall, 8 cm in diameter, with spines; internodes 4 cm long; base with many roots to 20 cm long. Leaves 12; leaf sheath 20 cm long, open; petiole 30 cm long, margined; rachis 100 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; number of pinnae 28 per side, inserted in groups of 3-6, basal pinna 29 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long; sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncle 145 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, green; rachis 51 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, green; rachillae 38, 18-34 cm long, green; prophyll, bract and peduncle with black spines. Fruits globose, orange. HB transect no.383, subunit no. 63.

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