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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8119
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: 776886; 9619531
Coordinates 3° 26' 20.1'' S 72° 30' 28.9'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 98
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2009/07/10
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma macrostachys var. macrostachys Mart.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier hybrid brongniartii
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.

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