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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8449
Collected with M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 123 km W of Puerto Maldonado, 4.2 km SE Santa Rosa. South of Interoceanica nr 3. Primary forest on hills
Coordinates 12° 56' 37.5'' S 70° 15' 49.62'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 212
Maximum elevation (m) 212
Start date 2011/04/17
End date 2011/04/17
Family Arecaceae
Identification Hyospathe elegans Mart.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem 107 cm long, 2 cm thick; internodes 9 cm long, >stem diameter, smooth, brown; base of stem with 16+ visible roots, 17 cm long, 0.5 cm thick. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 27 cm long, closed; petiole 18 cm long, section margined; rachis 62 cm long; lamina pinnate, 91 cm long, 64 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 6 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 50 cm long, middle pinna 52 cm long, apical pinna 37 cm long. Infructescence infrafoliar; peduncle 8.7 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 10 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachillae 22 per rachis, 24-26 cm long. Fruits 0.9 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 446, subunit no. 28, inside transect

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