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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 8346 |
| Collected with | Dennis Pedersen & Roberto Carrillo |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | Santo Domingo |
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| Locality | 5 km SE of Sto. Domingo. Forest fragment on farm of Sr. Cuadrado. Primary forest on terra firme |
| Coordinates | 0° 16' 48'' S 79° 8' 22'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 597 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 597 |
| Start date | 2011/01/09 |
| End date | 2011/01/09 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Aiphanes erinacea (Karst.)Wendl. |
| Determined by | Balslev H. |
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| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 3 m long, 4 cm in diameter, smooth, brown; internodes 5 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8; sheath 25 cm long, open, with 0.3 cm long brown spines; petiole 35 cm long, section round, with 0.2 cm long brown spines; rachis 120 cm long, with 1 cm long yellow spines, lamina pinnate, 130 cm long, 70 cm wide, bushy; pinnae 10 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 2; basal pinna 14 cm long, middle pinna 37 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; peduncular bract more than 110 cm long, brown, papery; peduncle 90 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 40 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 40, 5-25 cm long. DNA sample taken. Transect RC23, subunit no. 051, outside transect |
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