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Collector Balslev, H.
Number 8650
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. Yasuní Station ca. 1.5 km to the W, between road to Río Tiputini bridge and the river. Transect: HB 050, subunit no. 052
Coordinates 0° 40' 27'' S 76° 23' 6'' W
Minimum elevation (m) 258
Maximum elevation (m) 258
Start date 2012/08/15
End date 2012/08/15
Family Arecaceae
Identification Bactris maraja var. juruensis (Trail)A.J.Hend.
Determined by H.Balslev
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary or perhaps cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.5 m high, 8 cm in diameter, smooth, covered by leafbases; internodes 4 cm long, brown. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8; sheath 18 cm long, closed; petiole 27 cm long, cross-section round; rachis 51 cm long; lamina pinnate, 70 cm long, 40 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae sigmoid. Infructescence infrafoliar; prophyll 7 cm long, 1.2 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 18 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, inserted 2.5 cm from base of peduncle, brown; peduncle 10 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachis 1.5 cm long, green to yellow; rachillae 3, 1-3 cm long, green to yellow. Silicagel sample taken.

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