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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8456
Collected with M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 126 km W of Puerto Maldonado, 1.2 km SE of Santa Rosa, just south of Interoceanica nr 3. Primary forest on hills
Coordinates 12° 55' 57.78'' S 70° 17' 31.26'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 380
Maximum elevation (m) 380
Start date 2011/04/18
End date 2011/04/18
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris hirta var. spruceana (Trail) A.J.Hend.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Cespitose understory palm. Stem 1.28 m high, 1.3 cm thick; internodes 11 cm long, > stem diameter, dark brown, smooth, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 6 per stem; sheath 24 cm long, closed, with 2 cm long, black spines; petiole 30 cm long, section softly margined; rachis 42 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 43 cm wide, flat, hairy; pinnae 15 per side, regularly inserted in groups of 1-5; basal pinna 25 cm long, middle pinna 29 cm long, apical pinna 22 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 9.3 cm long, 1 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 14.5 cm long, inserted 1.1 cm from base, brown, papery, with 0.4 cm long, black spines; peduncle 9 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachillae 2 per rachis, 6.2-7.5 cm long. Flower cream colored, pedicilate. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 449, subunit no. 33, inside transect

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