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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8448
Collected with M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 122 km W of Puerto Maldonado, 8.4 km N of Santa Rosa. Along Interoceanica nr 3. Primary forest on terrace
Coordinates 12° 51' 9.42'' S 70° 16' 50.88'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 290
Maximum elevation (m) 290
Start date 2011/04/16
End date 2011/04/16
Family Arecaceae
Identification Attalea phalerata Mart.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary midstory palm. Stem 100 cm high, 60 cm thick, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 17 per stem; sheath 100 cm long, open; petiole 220 cm long, section margined; rachis 740 cm long; lamina pinnate, 770 cm long, 220 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 230 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 2-7; basal pinna 65 cm long, middle pinna 130 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 50+ cm long, 20 cm wide, woody, fibrous apically; peduncular bract 175 cm long, brown, woody; peduncle 70 cm long, 4 cm wide; rachis 60 cm long, 2.5 cm wide; rachillae 320 per rachis. Flowers cream, sessile. Silica gel sample of flowers taken. Transect: HB 445, subunit no. 81, inside transect

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