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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8047
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 km E of Orellana, 170 km NW of Pucallpa. 2 hours by boat upriver from the village of Alfonzo Ugarte and 1 hour walking. Primary forest on tierra firme. UTM 18M: 500386; 9234608
Coordinates 6° 55' 27.9'' S 74° 59' 47.4'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 155
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/29
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma macrostachys var. macrostachys Mart.
Determined by H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Acaulescent, 1.5 m tall. Leaves 10; leaf sheath 19 cm long, open; petiole 57 cm long, margined; rachis 85 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 4 per side, irregularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 59 cm long, middle pinna 54 cm long, apical pinna 39 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 4 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 19 cm long, brown; peduncle 10 cm long, 1 cm thick; spike 26 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, green. Flowers white. HB transect 392, subunit 43.

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