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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8169
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. 66 km W of Cancún, 21 km NE of the village of Kantunilkín. Road to Sabana San Jacinto. Semideciduous tropical forest on shallow soil, on limestone
Coordinates 21° 17' 15.2'' N 87° 27' 26.4'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 17
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2010/02/12
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Thrinax radiata Mart.
Determined by H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary midstory palm. Stem 3.06 m long, 9-13 cm thick, basically naked, upper half covered by leaf bases; internodes 3-4 cm long. Leaves 10 fresh and 7 withered; sheath 30 cm long, open; petiole 92 cm long, section margined; lamina palmate, circular, 115 cm in diameter, flat, glabrous. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long, 2 cm wide, papery; peduncular bracts 5, 10-13 cm long, the first inserted 4 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 56 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 60 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachillae 9 per rachis, 9-27 cm long, branched one time. Fruits immature. Vernacular name: Ch'íit. Informant: Lázaro Chimal. Transect HB1515, subunit no. 052; UTM 16Q-0452560-2354040

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