| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Liana. Internodes 16 cm long, > stem diameter, green. Leaves 17; sheath 6 cm long, closed, with 0.4 cm long brown spines; petiole 9 cm long, section margined, with 0.2 cm long brown spines; rachis 37 cm long, with 0.2 cm long brown spines; cirrhus 29 cm long; lamina pinnate, 48 cm long, 21 cm wide, flat; pinnae 8 per side, insertion regular; basal pinna 10 cm long, middle pinna 12 cm long, apical pinna 12 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 7 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, papery; peduncular bract 36 cm long, inserted >17 cm from base, green, herbaceous, with 0.4 cm long brown spines; peduncle 6 cm long, 0.2 cm wide, with 0.3 cm long brown spines; rachis 7 cm long, 0.2 cm wide; rachillae 5, 3.5-5 cm long. Flowers cream, sessile. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 775, subunit no. 92, inside transect |
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