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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8204
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' 14.4'' N 89° 1' 39.7'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 160
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 Understory palm. Root cone with 18 roots, 6-8 cm long, 0.5 cm thick. Stem 1.75 m long, 1 cm thick, smooth; internodes 3-13 cm long, green. Leaves 4 per stem; sheath 18 cm long, closed; petiole 20-36 cm long, section round; rachis 51-57 cm long; lamina pinnate, 50-56 cm wide, 55-70 cm long, flat, glabrous; pinnae 8-9 per side, insertion regular, basal pinna 18-23 cm long, middle pinna 26 cm long, apical pinna 16-17 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 2 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, papery; peduncular bracts 4, 3.5-11 cm long, inserted 0-10 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 21 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 11 cm long, 0.3-0.5 cm wide; rachillae 28 per rachis, 14-21 cm long. Flower sessile, immature. Vernacular name: X·yat. Informant Carlos Varguez. Transect HB1538, subunit no. 038; UTM 16Q-0285656-2023167

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