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Collector Noblick, L.R.
Number 4806
Collected with  
Country USA
Subpart Florida
County  
Locality Fairchild Tropical Garden plot 117, accession number 64660A.
Coordinates    
Minimum elevation (m) 0
Maximum elevation (m) 0
Start date 1991/05/17
End date 1991/05/17
Family Arecaceae
Identification Syagrus picrophylla Barb. Rodr.
Determined by Noblick, L.R.
Identification qualifier  
Field notes Solitary palm with 6 m x 15 cm trunk. 10-12 LEAVES in crown, spirally arranged and spreading. Leaf petiole 10-12 cm long with smooth margins and with a fibrous leaf sheath, adaxially channeled and abaxially rounded. Leaf rachis 259-307 cm long. 158-161 pairs of pinnae which are distributed in clusters of 3-4(-6) along the rachis in several planes. Middle pinnae 46-62 cm long x 2.5-4 cm wide. Androgynous INFLORESCENCE with 25-46 cm long peduncle, 51-60 cm long rachis and a terminus extending the total length of the inflorescence to 63-71 cm. 89 rachillae with a length of 12-16 cm at the apex and 30-35 cm at the base. Peduncular bract with a total length of 91-101 cm including a beak of 5-6 cm and the expanded or inflated part of the bract measuring 9-17 cm in width

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