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| Collector | Bernal, R. |
| Number | 4529 |
| Collected with | H. Balslev, L. Mesa, D. Pedersen, J.C. Garcés, F.J. Horacio, N. Morueta, L. Skov Jensen, A. Gaitan and R. Gaitan |
| Country | Colombia |
| Subpart | Guainía |
| County | |
| Locality | Río Guaviare S bank, 3.3 km SE of Murciélago, inland to the SE across active and abandoned fields and into virgin forest; 183 km WSW of Inírida. Tropical rain forest on low rolling terra firme hills; canopy 20-30 m tall, many thin stems. |
| Coordinates | 3° 33' 18.6'' N 69° 33' 39.3'' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 155 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 0 |
| Start date | 2009/09/22 |
| End date | 0/00/00 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Desmoncus giganteus A.J.Hend. |
| Determined by | R. Bernal & H. Balslev |
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| Field notes | Cespitose, undnerstory, liana palm. Stem aerial, 13 m long, 1 cm thick; internodes 18 cm long, >stem diameter, brown, covered by leaf bases. Leaves 13 per stem; sheaths 48 cm long, closed, with brown, 0.2-5 cm long spines; petiole 18 cm long, with brown, 0.5-2 cm long spines; rachis 175 cm long including cirrus, with brown, 0.5-1 cm long spines; lamina pinnate, flat; pinnae 8 per side plus 10 acanthophylls, basal pinna 24.5 cm, middle pinna 26 cm, apical pinna 2.5 cm long. Sterile. Transect HB1020, subunit no. 091; UTM 19N-437708-392957. |
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