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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8156
Collected with D. Pedersen, L.S. Damgaard, K.Ø. Madsen, A. Alvarado, A. Serralta, A. Moo, O. Alvarado, R. Duno, G. Dzib & L.M. Calvo
Country Mexico
Subpart Quintana Roo
County  
Locality Municipio Lázaro Cárdenas. 54 km W of Cancún, 22 km NE of the village of Kantunilkín. Zanja El Pedregal. Tasistal. Treless, low wet area, flooded in the rainy season
Coordinates 21° 14' .1'' N 87° 19' 57.9'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 9
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2010/02/08
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Acoelorrhaphe wrightii (Grisebach & H. A. Wendl.)H. A. Wendl. ex Becc.
Determined by H. Balslev
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Field notes Cespitose palm. Stem 257 cm long, 8 cm thick, covered by leaf bases; internodes very short < stem diameter. Leaf sheath 27 cm long, closed; petiole 59.5 cm long, section margined, with spines, 0.3 cm long, brown; lamina palmate, 72 cm wide, 54 cm long, flat, glabrous. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 30,5 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 40 cm long, inserted 8 cm from base, green, herbaceous; peduncle 59 cm long, 1.5 cm wide; rachis 81 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 8 per rachis, 9-17 cm long. Flowers sessile, immature. Vernacular name: Tasiste. Informant Lázaro Chimal. Transect HB1506, outside subunit no. 097; UTM 16Q-0465472-2348011

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