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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8031
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: 491509; 9222088
Coordinates 7° 2' 15.6'' S 75° 4' 36.8'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 336
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/26
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Wettinia augusta Poepp. & Endl.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary canopy palm. Stem 6.5 m tall, 10 cm in diameter, smooth; internodes 2 cm long. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 95 cm long, closed, forming a 95 cm long crownshaft; rachis 240 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 27 per side, regularly inserted, basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 93 cm long, apical pinna 28 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 2.8 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bracts 17 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, woody, brown; peduncle 12 cm long, 1.5 cm thick, green; rachis 15 cm long, unbranched. Male inflorescence 15x2 cm. Infructescence 20x5 cm. HB transect 389, outside subunit 53.

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