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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8457
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' 58.62'' S 70° 17' 31.68'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 379
Maximum elevation (m) 379
Start date 2011/04/18
End date 2011/04/18
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma macrostachys var. acaulis (Mart.)A.J.Hend.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Acaulecent. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 9.8 cm long, open; petiole 38 cm long, section round; rachis 33 cm long; lamina pinnate, 42 cm long, 37.5 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 8 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 19 cm long, middle pinna 21 cm long, apical pinna 15 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 10.5 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 23.5 cm long, inserted at base, brown, papery; peduncle 66 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; spike 11 cm long, 0.9 cm wide. Fruits globose, 0.5x0.5 cm, green. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 449, subunit no. 40, inside transect

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