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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8645
Collected with I. Olivares, N. Balslev, F. Bonde Jensen & M. Ninazunta
Country Ecuador
Subpart Orellana
County  
Locality 240 km ESE of Quito, 63-75 km ESE of Coca, 32-36 km SE of Pompeya. Oil field road ca. km 4, 0.8 km W of take off to Capiron. Transect: HB 057, subunit no. 051
Coordinates 0° 42' 0'' S 76° 28' 19'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 295
Maximum elevation (m) 295
Start date 2012/08/09
End date 2012/08/09
Family Arecaceae
Identification Chamaedorea pinnatifrons (Jacq.)Oerst.
Determined by H.Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 2 m high, 1.3-1.5 cm thick, smooth; internodes 0.5-0.6 cm long, green. Base of stem with few visible roots, 8-10 cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm thick. Leaves 4; sheath 10-12 cm long, closed; petiole 20-30 cm long, cross-section round; rachis 60 cm long; lamina pinnate, 80 cm long, 21 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 6 per side, sigmoid, regularly inserted. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll woody; peduncular bracts 10-13 cm long, 1 cm wide, herbaceous, inserted 1-8 cm from base of peduncle; peduncle 21 cm long, 0.7 cm wide; rachis 11 cm long, green; rachillae 16, 16-20 cm long, green. Flowers green. Silicagel sample taken.

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