| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 4.5 m high, 8.0 cm thick, brown, fissured; internodes 6.5 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 20; leaf sheath 12 cm long, open; petiole 132 cm long, section margined; rachis 218 cm long; lamina pinnate, 218 cm long, 160 cm wide, glabrous; pinnae 47 per side, regularly inserted, basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 94, apical pinna 36. Infructescence interfoliar; prophyll 6.3 cm long, 2.6 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 34 cm long, brown, papery; peduncle 65 cm long, 2.8 cm wide; rachis 34 cm long, 2.2 cm wide; rachillae 22, 2.1-3.5 cm long. Fruits brown, 5.5 cm long, 5.6 cm wide. DNA sample taken. Transect 1035, subunit no. 001, outside transect. |
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