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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 8116 |
| 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 Amazonas, 90 km NE of Iquitos. Village of Roca Eterna, aprox. 4 km N of village. Primary forest on tierra firme. UTM 18M: 776934; 9619520 |
| Coordinates | 3° 26' 20.4'' S 72° 30' 27.3'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 2009/07/10 |
| End date | 0/00/00 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Hyospathe elegans Mart. |
| Determined by | Balslev H. |
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| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem to 172 m tall, 0.9 cm in diameter; internodes 10 cm long, smooth. Leaves 5; leaf sheath 16 cm long, closed; petiole 25 cm long, margined; lamina entire or pinnate; rachis 39 cm long, lamina 66 cm long, 24 cm wide; pinnate; rachis 43 cm long; pinnae 3 per side, irregularly inserted, basal pinna 50 cm long, middle pinna 43 cm long, apical pinna 35 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar, red; peduncle 5.5 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 4.5 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 10, 12-16.5 cm long. Fruits ellipsoid, black. HB transect no. 404, subunit no. 7 |
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