| Collector | Svenning, J.-C. |
| Number | 140 |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Subpart | NAPO |
| County | |
| Locality | Mainly old-growth tropical rain forest, in/at the Yasuní Forest Dynamics Project's 50 ha plot |
| Coordinates | 0° 40' S 76° 24' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 216 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 248 |
| Start date | 1995/03/01 |
| End date | 1995/03/01 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Geonoma stricta var. piscicauda (Dammer)A.J.Hend. |
| Determined by | Borchsenius, F. (AAU), 2000. |
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| Field notes | Small understory palm. Solitary. Stem yellow-brown, ca. 0.5 m tall and varying between 1.3-1.7 cm in diameter. 10 leaves in the crown. The leaves are simple, bifid. The secondary veins protrude alternately above and below. The rachis and the prominent veins below are yellow-brownish tomentose abaxially. Leaf sheath open. Morphometric data oof a mid-leaf: sheath + petiole is 28 cm long; the rachis is 46 cm long; lamina bifid for a third of its length; blade 22 cm broad at rachis apex (measured perpendicularly to rachis). |
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