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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8648
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 company road, 0.8 km W of Capiron take off. Transect: HB 056, subunit no. 100, outside transect
Coordinates 0° 41' 42'' S 76° 28' 20'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 308
Maximum elevation (m) 308
Start date 2012/08/09
End date 2012/08/09
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma interrupta (Ruiz & Pav.)Mart.
Determined by H.Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary understory palm. Stem 3 m high, 3 cm thick, rough; internodes 0.7-1.3 cm long, brown. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 10; sheath 10 cm long, open to base; petiole 72 cm long, cross-section with sharp margins; rachis 120 cm long; lamina pinnate, 160 cm long, 80 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 4-5 per side, unevenly wide. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 19 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, woody; peduncular bract inserted 7 cm from base of peduncle, brown, woody; peduncle 22 cm long, 2.5 cm wide; rachis 40 cm long, red; rachillae 17, 9-48 cm long, green to red. Flowers cream, sunken. Silicagel sample taken.

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