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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 8486 |
| Collected with | D. Pedersen, L.B. Thostrup, E.L. Tagø, I.M. Østergaard, J. Jensen & C. Grández |
| Country | Peru |
| Subpart | Loreto |
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| Locality | 170 km SW of Iquitos, 5 km SW of San Martín. Río Samiria. South of oxbow lake, ca. 4 km up small stream. Primary forest on floodplain |
| Coordinates | 4° 44' 3'' S 74° 25' 4'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 130 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 2011/07/01 |
| End date | 2011/07/01 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Desmoncus polyacanthos var. polyacanthos Mart. |
| Determined by | Henrik Balslev |
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| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Liana. Stem smooth, 5.5 m long, 0.6 cm thick. Leaves 21 per stem; sheath 7 cm long, closed, with 0.5 cm long brown spines; petiole 2 cm long, section margined, with 3 mm long brown spines; rachis 85 cm long, with 0.3 cm long brown spines; lamina pinnate, 48 cm long, flat, glabrous; pinnae 8 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 15 cm long, middle pinna 14 cm long, apical pinna 13 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 2.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, papery, with 0.5 cm long brown spines; peduncular bract 23 cm long, inserted at base, brown, papery, with 0.5 cm long brown spines; peduncle 30 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, with 0.4 cm long brown spines; rachis 15 cm, 0.2 cm wide; rachillae 6 per rachis, 5-8 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 467, subunit no. 86, inside transect |
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