| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Acaulecent. Base with few visible roots. Leaves 13 per stem; sheath 12 cm long; petiole 33 cm long; rachis 42 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 31 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 26 cm long, middle pinna 26 cm long, apical pinna 22 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 8 cm long, 1.3 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 16 cm long, inserted 0.46 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 69 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 18 cm long, 0.8 cm wide. Fruits globose, 0.8x0.8 cm. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 440, subunit no. 3, inside transect |