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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8423
Collected with D. Pedersen, M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 61 km SW of Puerto Maldonado. S of Interoceanica nr 3. Primary forest on tierra firme
Coordinates 12° 51' 37.26'' S 69° 40' 55.5'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 239
Maximum elevation (m) 239
Start date 2011/04/11
End date 2011/04/11
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris hirta var. spruceana (Trail) A.J.Hend.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem 50 cm long, 1.2 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long, > stem diameter, brown, smooth, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 5 per stem; sheath 14.5 cm long, closed, with 1.8 cm long, black spines; petiole 33 cm long; rachis 19 cm long; lamina entire, bifid, 47 cm long, 26 cm wide, flat, hairy. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 5 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 11 cm long, inserted 1.5 cm from base, brown, papery, with 0.5 cm long, black spines; peduncle 1.7 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; rachillae 2 per rachis, 4-4.7 cm long. Fruit 0.8 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, red with 0.1 cm long, brown spines. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 437, subunit no. 1, inside transect

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