| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 44 cm long, 5.5 cm in diameter, rough from numerous leaf scars; internodes 0.5-2 cm long. Number of leaves 9; leaf sheath+petiole 112 cm long, sheath open; rachis 140 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae 29 per side, regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 46.5 cm long, middle pinna 35 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 20 cm long, 2 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 18 cm long, inserted 4.5 cm from base; peduncle 75 cm long; 0.6 cm wide, green; spike 28 cm long, 1 cm wide, green. Fruits ellipsoid, green. HB transect 404, subunit 8. |