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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8460
Collected with M.V. Sørensen, A.K. Brunbjerg & C. Grández
Country Peru
Subpart Madre de Dios
County  
Locality Tambopata province. 113 km W of Puerto Maldonado, 13 km E of Santa Rosa, to the north along sideroad to Interoceanica nr 3. Primary forest on terrace
Coordinates 12° 53' 27.9'' S 70° 11' 5.82'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 265
Maximum elevation (m) 265
Start date 2011/04/19
End date 2011/04/19
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma occidentalis (A.J.Hend.)A.J.Hend.
Determined by Henrik Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 37 cm high, 2 cm thick; internodes 3 cm long, green, smooth, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 6 cm long, closed; petiole 45 cm long, section margined; rachis 37,6 cm long; lamina pinnate, 49.5 cm long, 26 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4-6 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 23 cm long, middle pinna 28 cm long, apical pinna 20 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; peduncle 7.4 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 11 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachillae 9 per rachis, 14.3-25 cm long. Flowers cream, with a pleasant odor. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 450, subunit no. 12, inside transect

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