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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8202
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 Othón P. Blanco. 80 km SW of Chetumal, 19 km SE of the village of Ejido Caobas. Semievergreen tropical rainforest on limestone
Coordinates 18° 17' 14.9'' N 89° 1' 42.2'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 161
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 2010/02/23
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Chamaedorea oblongata Mart.
Determined by H. Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Visible roots 27, 7-13 cm long, 0.3-0.5 cm wide, forming a root cone. Stem 164 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, smooth, covered by leaf bases apically; internodes 3-14 cm long, green. Leaves 4 per stem; sheaths closed, 22 cm long; petiole 22-30 cm long, section round; rachis 54-55 cm long; lamina pinnate, 60-62 cm wide, 70 cm long, flat, glabrous; pinnae 7-8 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 26-27 cm long, middle pinna 28-30 cm long, apical pinna 16-17 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 3-4 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bracts 4-6.5 cm long, 1 cm wide, brown, papery; peduncle 23 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachis 10 cm long, 0.3-0.5 cm wide; rachillae 17-23 per rachis, 5-12 cm long. Fruits 1 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, green-black. Vernacular name: X·yat. Informant Carlos Varguez. Transect HB1538, subunits no. 027+030; UTM 16Q-0285583-2023183

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