| 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 |