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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8368
Collected with D. Pedersen, M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 37 km E of Puerto Maldonado, 7.8 km W of Palma Real. Reserva Tambopata, south bank of Río Madre de Dios. Primary forest on floodplain
Coordinates 12° 30' 27.24'' S 68° 50' 59.28'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 193
Maximum elevation (m) 193
Start date 2011/03/25
End date 2011/03/25
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris simplicifrons Mart.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 89 cm high, 0.5 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long, > stem diameter, green-black, smooth, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 3 per stem; sheath 7.5 cm long, open; petiole 9 cm long, section round; rachis 11.5 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 25 cm long, 18 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 3 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 7.5 cm long, inserted 1.5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 2 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 3 cm long, 0.7 cm wide. Fruit green when young, becomming red. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 413, subunit no. 56, inside transect

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