| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 0.2 m long, 4 cm in diameter, brown, smooth; internodes 1 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8; sheath 18 cm long, open; petiole 25 cm long, section round; rachis 45 cm long; lamina pinnate, 45 cm long, 30 cm wide, flat; pinnae 12 per side, regularly inserted; basal pinna 15 cm long, middle pinna 20 cm long, apical pinna 13 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 17 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 40 cm long, brown, papery; peduncle 42 cm long, 0,5 cm wide; spike 18 cm long. Flowers sunken. DNA sample taken. Transect RC21, subunit no. 099, in transect |