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| Collector | Balslev, H. |
| Number | 8489 |
| 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 | 163 km SW of Iquitos, 5 km NW of San Martín. Río Samiria. NW corner of oxbow lake. Primary forest on floodplain |
| Coordinates | 4° 38' 9'' S 74° 25' 4'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 117 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 2011/07/02 |
| End date | 2011/07/02 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Desmoncus horridus subsp. occidentalis A.J.Hend. |
| Determined by | H. Balslev |
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| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Liana. Stem smooth, 15 m long, 3 cm thick, covered by leaf bases; internodes 20 cm, > stem diameter. Leaves 20 per stem; sheath 40+ cm long, closed, with 3 cm long brown spines; petiole 10 cm long, section margined, with 3 cm long brown spines; rachis 140 cm long, with 2 cm long brown spines; lamina pinnate, 150 cm long, 70 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 30 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 25 cm long, middle pinna 35 cm long, apical pinna 18 cm long. Infructescence interfoliar; peduncular bract 40+ cm long, brown, woody, with 2 cm long brown spines; rachis 15 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 15 per rachis, 5-15 cm long. Silica gel sample taken. Transect: HB 468, subunit no. 80, inside transect |
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