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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8025
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, 16 km SE of Orellana, 161 km NW of Pucallpa. 2 km E of the Village of Monte de los Olivos. Transect starts at the foot of the hills and goes up. Undisturbed primary forest on hills. Sandy soil. UTM 18M: 491443; 9222073
Coordinates 7° 2' 16'' S 75° 4' 38.9'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 310
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/26
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris macroacantha Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 100 cm long, 2.3 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 3 cm long. Number of leaves 10; leaf sheath more than 21 cm long, closed, spiny; petiole 55 cm long, spiny; rachis 136 cm long; lamina pinnate, bushy; pinnae per side 16, inserted in groups of 1-2, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 32 cm long, apical pinna 27 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll more than 14 cm long, 2 cm wide; peduncular bract 38 cm long, inserted more than 2 cm from base, woody, brown, spiny; peduncle 24 cm long, 0.6 cm long; rachis 3.5 cm long, 0.3 cm wide; rachillae 11, 9-10 cm long. HB transect 389, outside subunit 37.

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