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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8324
Collected with Alexander Parada & Yanina Inturias
Country Bolivia
Subpart La Paz
County  
Locality Franz Tamayo province. 187 km N of La Paz, 19 km ESE of Apolo, 4 km SE of Pucasuchu. Montane rainforest
Coordinates 14° 49' 21.4'' S 68° 16' 12.3'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 1563
Maximum elevation (m) 1563
Start date 2010/08/20
End date 0/00/00
Family Arecaceae
Identification Prestoea acuminata (Willd.)H.E.Moore
Determined by Balslev H.
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Field notes Solitary midstory palm. Stem 6 m long, 7 cm thick, smooth; internodes 9 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaf sheath 60 cm long, closed; petiole 27 cm long, section margined; rachis 213 cm long; lamina pinnate, 230 cm long, 95 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 45 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 47 cm long, middle pinna 58 cm long, apical pinna 18 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 18 cm long, 4 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 60 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 10 cm long, 2 cm wide; rachis 47 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 75, 7-35 cm long. Flowers sessile, dark purple. Transect HB160, subunit no. 068, inside transect; UTM: 19L-578538-8361167

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