| 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 |