| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 4 m high, 2.3 cm thick, covered by leaf bases; internodes 4-15 cm long; base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 9; leaf sheath 34 cm long, open, with 0.3-1 cm long, brown-black spines; petiole 64 cm long, section round, with 0.3-2 cm long brown-black spines; rachis 75 cm long, with 2-3.5 cm long brown-black spines; lamina pinnate, glabrous; pinnae 6 per side, basal pinna 24 cm long, middle pinna 27 cm long, apical pinna 29 cm long. Infructescence intfrafoliar; prophyll 16 cm long, 2.2 cm wide, woody, with 0.5 cm long black spines; peduncular bract 16 cm long, inserted 1.1 cm from base, brown, herbaceous, with 0.5-1 cm long black spines; peduncle 15 cm long, 2.2 cm wide; rachis 5.5 cm long, 2.0 cm wide; rachillae 8, 6-8 cm long. fruits green, 2.1 cm long, 0.9 cm wide. DNA sample not taken. Transect 1036, subunit no. 59, inside transect. |
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