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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 8242 |
| Collected with | Dennis Pedersen, Narel Paniagua Zambrana, Manual Macia & Alexander Parada |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Subpart | Cochabamba/Beni |
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| Locality | 120 km NE of Cochabamba, 2 km NE of the San Benito village, next to the Isiboro river. Tall tropical rain forest on floodplain |
| Coordinates | 16° 31' 26.6'' S 65° 29' 25.8'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 217 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 217 |
| Start date | 2010/03/27 |
| End date | 2010/03/27 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Bactris major Jacq. |
| Determined by | Balslev H. |
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| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 1.8 m long, 3 cm thick, fissured, brown; internodes 10 cm long. Leaves 6; sheath 18 cm long, closed, with black spines to 2.5 cm long; petiole 56 cm long, section round, with brown spines to 7 cm long; rachis 150 cm long; lamina pinnate, 170 cm long, 90 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae per side 43, regularly inserted; basal pinna 38 cm long, middle pinna 49 cm long, apical pinna 24 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 20 cm long, inserted 33 cm from the base, brown, woody, with brown-black spines to 2.5 cm long; peduncle 12 cm long, 1.5 cm wide; rachis 13 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachillae 6, 9-10 cm long. Fruits 2 cm long, 1 cm wide, green. Transect HB133, SU 063; UTM 20K-234172-8171451, in transect |
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