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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8286
Collected with Alexander Parada & Yanina Inturias
Country Bolivia
Subpart Santa Cruz
County  
Locality Andrés Ibáñez province. 30 km WSW of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 11 km W of the village of La Guardia. Area protegida "Monumento Nacional Espejillos". Dry tropical forest on pre-Andean hills
Coordinates 17° 54' 2.6'' S 63° 25' 57.8'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 586
Maximum elevation (m) 586
Start date 2010/08/06
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Chamaedorea pinnatifrons (Jacq.)Oerst.
Determined by Balslev H.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 1.2 m long, 2 cm thick, smooth; internodes 1.5 cm long, yellow-green. Leaves 7; leaf sheath 15 cm long, closed; petiole 25 cm long, section round; rachis 47 cm long; lamina pinnate, 65 cm long, 40 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 7 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 13 cm long, middle pinna 25 cm long, apical pinna 25 cm long. Inflorescence: prophyll 2.5 cm long, papery; peduncular bracts 4, to 35 cm long, herbaceous, green; peduncle 65 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 7 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 11, 15-25 cm long. Flowers sessile, cream. Fruits light green. Transect HB149, subunit no. 089, inside transect; UTM: 20K-454165-8020744

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