| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 0.8 m high, 1.5 cm thick. Leaves 8 per stem; sheath 27 cm long, closed, with 3 cm long black spines; petiole 95 cm long, section round, brown furfuraceous, with 8 cm long black spines; rachis 89 cm long, brown furfuraceous; lamina pinnate, 120 cm long, 72 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 5-6 per side, insertion irregular; basal pinna 30-37 cm long, middle pinna 32-36 cm long, apical pinna 28-35 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 25 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, white/brown, herbaceous; peduncular bract 36 cm long, inserted 7.5 cm from base, brown, woody, with 1 cm long brown spines; peduncle 25 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachis 2.5 cm long, 0.5 cm wide; rachillae 9, 10-11 cm long. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 752, subunit no. 16, inside transect |
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