| Field notes | Colonial understory palm. Stem 1.8 m long, 2 cm thick, covered by leaf bases; internodes 12 cm long. Leaves 5; sheath 10 cm long, closed, with brown spines to 2 cm long; petiole 10 cm long, section margined, with brown spines to 10 cm long; rachis with brown spines to 7 cm long; lamina bifid, 65 cm long, 28 cm wide, hairy. Transect HB134, SU 101; UTM 20K-188384-8185477, from transect |