| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m high, 1 cm thick; internodes 4-5 cm long, black, smooth. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 11 per stem; sheath 9 cm long, closed; petiole 20 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, section round, with to 3 cm long black spines; rachis 50 cm long; lamina pinnate, 55 cm long, 25 cm wide, flat, glabrous; pinnae 24 per side, regularly inserted in groups of 5-7; basal pinna 10 cm long, middle pinna 15 cm long, apical pinna 7 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 11 cm long, 1.1 cm wide, brown, herbaceous; peduncular bract 24 cm long, inserted 4 cm from base, brown, herbaceous to woody, with 1 cm long brown spines; peduncle 16 cm long, 1 cm wide, with 0.2 cm long black spines; rachis 0.5 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; rachillae 2, 10-12 cm long. Flowers sessile. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 755, subunit no. 80, inside transect |
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