| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 64 cm high, 0.5 cm thick; internodes 7.5 cm long, brown, covered by leaf bases; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 9; leaf sheath 4 cm long, closed; petiole 10 cm long, section round; rachis 15 cm long; lamina pinnate, 12.7 cm long, glabrous: pinnae 3 per side, regularly inserted, basal pinna 11 cm long, middle pinnae 13 cm long, apical pinna 12.7 cm long. Inflorescence infrafoliar; prophyll 4.1 cm long, 0.7 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 2.5 cm long, inserted 0.6 cm from base, brown, herbaceous; peduncle 6.2 cm long, 0.4 cm wide; spike 9.0 cm long, 0.4 cm wide. Flowers cream-colored. DNA sample not taken. Transect 1029, subunit no. 002, inside transect |