AAU Herbarium Database

New Search   Modify Search

Collector Noblick, L.R.
Number 4716
Collected with  
Country Brazil
Subpart  
County  
Locality Municipio of Cairu. Ilha de Tinharé. Fazenda Pilhões ca. 0.5 km NE of Cairu on the opposite side of the estuary. Restinga forests mixed with coastal rain forest vegetation on white sandy soils with blck humus.
Coordinates 13° 30' S 39° 3' W
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 15
Start date 1988/11/09
End date 1988/11/09
Family Arecaceae
Identification Geonoma pohliana Mart.
Determined by Noblick, L. R.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Uricana is the common name. Solitary palm with 6 m x 3 - 3,5 cm trunk. 14 - 15 Leaves in crown, spirally arranged and spreading. Leaf petiole 31 - 57 cm with smooth margins and concave-convex in transection. Leaf rachis 53 - 62 cm. 3 - 4 pairs of pinnae whici are distributed evenly along the rachis in one plane. Middæe pinnae 35 - 43 cm x 1,2 - 11 cm. Androgynous infrafoliar inflorescence with 15 - 16 cm peduncule and 20 - 22 cm rachis. 8 rachillae with a lenght of 17 - 18 cm. Peduncular bract caducous and not seen. Palm species uncommon in this area.

This record

New Search   Modify Search