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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8413
Collected with D. Pedersen, M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tahuamanu province. 164 km N of Puerto Maldonado, 23 km S of Iñapari. Along Interoceanica nr 1. Primary forest on tierra firme
Coordinates 11° 9' 21.66'' S 69° 33' 10.2'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 317
Maximum elevation (m) 317
Start date 2011/04/06
End date 2011/04/06
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris chaveziae A.J.Hend.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem aerial. Leaves 5 per stem; sheath 27 cm long, closed; petiole 64 cm long, section round, spiny; spines 3-4 cm long, yellow with brown apex; rachis 88 cm long, spiny; spines 2.5-3 cm long, yellow with brown apex; lamina pinnate, 105 cm long, 57 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 21 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 2-5; basal pinna 17 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 19 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 13 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract 16 cm long, inserted 11 cm from base, brown, woody, with 0.8 cm long, yellow spines; peduncle 10 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachis 0 cm long; rachillae 2 per rachis, 4-5 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 431, subunit no. 60, inside transect

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