| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 43 cm long, 1 cm thick; internodes 1-2 cm long, > stem diameter, brown, rough, covered with leaf bases. Leaves 7 per stem; sheath 8 cm long, closed, spiny; spines 0.3 cm long, black; petiole 8 cm long, section margined; rachis 11 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 23 cm long, 12 cm wide, flat, glabrous. Sterile. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 428, subunit no. 36, inside transect |