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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8054
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, 20 km NE of Orellana, 180 km NW of Pucallpa. W shore of oxbow lake, 4 km S of the village of Belaunde. Primary forest, periodically flooded. UTM 18M: 500163; 9245485
Coordinates 6° 49' 33.6'' S 74° 59' 54.7'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 142
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/06/30
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris bifida Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Colonial understory palm. Stem 1 m tall, 1 cm in diameter, covered by old leaf sheaths. Number of leaves 7; leaf sheath 20 cm long, closed; petiole 58 cm long; rachis 71 cm long, sheath, petiole and rachis with brown spines to 5 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 104 cm long, 16 cm wide. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 16 cm long, brown; peduncle 20 cm long, 0.5 cm thick, green; rachis 4 cm long, 0.2 cm thick, green unbranched. HB transect no. 394, subunit 23

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