| Collector | Svenning, J.-C. |
| Number | 142 |
| Collected with | |
| 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 | Chamaedorea pauciflora Mart. |
| Determined by | Svenning, J.-C. (AAU), 1995 |
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| Field notes | Small undeerstory palm. Solitary. Stem green, 23 cm long, 1.1-1.5 cm in diameter, internodes 0.5-1.5 cm long. Small stiltroots at base. Leaves simple and bifid. 6 leaves in the crown. All secondary veins prominent above and to a lesser extent below. Ca. 1 cm between the secondary veins. Veins glabrous. Morphometry of lowest leaf: rachis 29 cm long; lamina split for 1/3 of length (while 1/2 for most leaves). Morphometry of longest leaf: sheath 10 cm long, basal 2.5 cm closed; petiole 22 cm long; rachis 21 cm long; lamina 16 cm wide at apex of rachis; lamina bifid for 1/2 og its length. 4 green spicate inflorescences in axil of 3rd leaf from above. Brown old spikes are present in axil of 4th leaf from above. |
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