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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8026
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: 491439; 9222071
Coordinates 7° 2' 16.1'' S 75° 4' 39.1'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 310
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/26
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma maxima var. chelidonura (Spruce)A.J.Hend.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem 3 m tall, 2 cm in diameter, smooth, green; internodes 11 cm long. Leaf sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 28 cm long, margined; rachis 50 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae per side 2-3, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 62 cm long, middle pinna 50 cm long, apical pinna 57 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 9 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 8 cm long, inserted 1 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 7 cm long, 0.9 cm wide, orange; rachis 13 cm long, 0.6 cm wide, orange; inflorescence branched to 2nd. order, number of primary rachillae 11, orange. Fruits globose, black. HB transect 389, outside subunit 37.

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