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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8279
Collected with Alexander Parada & Yanina Inturias
Country Bolivia
Subpart Santa Cruz
County  
Locality Sara province. 85 km NW of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 4.4 km E of the village of Santa Rosa de la Sierra. Dry tropical forest
Coordinates 17° 6' 49.3'' S 63° 33' 26.2'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 251
Maximum elevation (m) 251
Start date 2010/08/05
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris major Jacq.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.5 cm long, 2.5 cm thick, covered by leaf bases; internodes 7 cm long, brown. Leaves 9; leaf sheath 20 cm long, open, with 3 cm long, black spines; petiole 20 cm long, section round; rachis 100 cm long; petiole and rachis with 7-9 cm long cream-colored spines with black apices; lamina pinnate, 130 cm long, 70 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 42 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 40 cm long, middle pinna 40 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Sterile. Transect HB147, subunit no. 051, inside transect; UTM: 20K-440717-8107782

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