AAU Herbarium Database

New Search   Modify Search

Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8362
Collected with D. Pedersen, M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 39 km E of Puerto Maldonado, 5.4 km W of Palma Real. Reserva Tambopata, south bank of Río Madre de Dios. Primary forest tierra firme
Coordinates 12° 30' 56.22'' S 68° 49' 40.26'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 197
Maximum elevation (m) 197
Start date 2011/03/25
End date 2011/03/25
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris maraja var. juruensis (Trail)A.J.Hend.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem 73 cm high, 3 cm thick; internodes 7.5 cm long, > stem diameter, brown, rough; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 10 per stem; sheath 46 cm long, closed, with black spines; petiole 65 cm long, with 1 cm long, black spines; rachis 160 cm long; lamina pinnate, 177 cm long, 88 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 21 per side, regularly inserted in groups of 1-4; basal pinna 42 cm long, middle pinna 43 cm long, apical pinnae 21 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 11 cm long, 5 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 36 cm long, inserted 10 cm from base, woody, with 0.8 cm long, light brown spines; peduncle 16 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 4 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachillae 11 per rachis, 10-12 cm long. Fruits green, 1.1 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 412, subunit no. 1, outside transect

This record
Other records of Bactris maraja var. juruensis

The map displays only records from the Aarhus Herbarium Database.
The records may not represent the full distribution of Bactris maraja var. juruensis

New Search   Modify Search