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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8296
Collected with Alexander Parada & Yanina Inturias
Country Bolivia
Subpart La Paz
County  
Locality Franz Tamayo province. 180 km N of La Paz, 15 km SW of Apolo, along La Paz road. Montane rainforest, fragments left over in gulleys in an (antropogenic?) savanna landscape
Coordinates 14° 51' 5.1'' S 68° 26' 56.5'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1338
Maximum elevation (m) 1338
Start date 2010/08/13
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Socratea exorrhiza (Mart.)H. Wendl.
Determined by Balslev H.
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Field notes Solitary canopy palm. Stilt roots 26, 4 m long, 6 cm thick. Stem 10 m long, 11 cm diam, smooth; internodes 9.5 cm long, grey. Leaves 6; leaf sheath 1.7 m long, closed; petiole 21 cm long, section round; rachis 2.45 m long; lamina pinnate, 2.53 m long, 1.54 m wide, glabrous; pinnae 26 per side, inserted in groups of 10; basal pinna 46 cm long, middle pinna 80 cm long, apical pinna 17 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 20 cm long, 9 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 72 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 41 cm long, 5.6 cm wide; rachis 27 cm long, 3 cm wide; rachillae 17, 53-62 cm long. Fruits 2 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, dark green. UTM: 19L-559274-8358036

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