| Field notes | Solitary understory palm, Stem 26 cm long, 3 cm in diameter, rough; internodes to 0.5 cm long; base with visible roots to 20 cm long, 0.3 cm thick. Number of leaves 15; sheath+petiole 52 cm long, sheath open; rachis 26-30 cm long; lamina pinnate; pinnae more or less regularly inserted, in one single plane, basal pinna 41 cm long, middle pinna 39 cm long, apical pinna 31.5 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 13 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncle 27 cm long, 0.4 cm thick, green; spike 14 cm long, 1 cm thick, red. Fruits black. (Infructescence of G. macrostachys; stem and leaves of G. brogniartii see HB 8120). HB transect 404, subunit 19. |