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| Collector | Harley, R.M. |
| Number | 19613 |
| Collected with | et al. |
| Country | Brazil |
| Subpart | Bahia |
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| Locality | Middle N.E. slopes of the Pico das Alias ca. 25 km, W.N.W. of the Vila do Rio de Contas. Sandstone, metamorphic and quartzite rock outcrops with associated marsh, damp flushes and grassland, and some cutover mixed deciduous woodland by stream and cerrado. This plant growing by stream side. SERRA DAS ALMAS |
| Coordinates | 13° 33' S 41° 57' W |
| Minimum elevation (m) | 1500 |
| Maximum elevation (m) | 1600 |
| Start date | 1977/03/18 |
| End date | 1977/03/18 |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Identification | Geonoma schottiana Mart. |
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| Field notes | Tussock palm, stem branching at base erect-shoots to lm, usually less. Bark grey. Internodes from 5 mm long below leaf bases to 1 cm long lower down. Stem to 2.3 cm thick. eaves slightly shiny mid-green above, hardl paler below. Spathes dried-membranous, grey-brown, young peduncle maroon becoming, greenish-maroon in fruit. Rhaehillae similar, in ripe fruit both rhachillae and peduncle yellowing somewhat. Unripe fruit olive-green, shiny. Ripe fruit shiny black with strongly purple-stainingg pigment in mesocarp |
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