| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 77 cm long, 1.5 cm thick, smooth, yellow; internodes 3 cm long. Leaves 9; sheath 15 cm long, open; petiole 33 cm long, section margined; rachis 43 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 33 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae per side 4, regularly inserted; basal pinna 26 cm long, middle pinna 32 cm long, apical pinna 33 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncle 3.5 cm long, 0.8 cm wide; rachis 9 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 6, 11-15 cm long. Flowers sessile, cream colored. Transect HB134, SU 088; UTM 20K-188582-8185878, in transect |