| Field notes | Cespitose understory palm. Stem 2 m high, 2 cm thick; internodes 4 cm long, brown, covered by leafbases. Base of stem with few visible roots. Leaves 8; sheath 33 cm long, open, with 0.8 cm long brown spines; petiole 146 cm long, section round, with 3 cm long brown spines; rachis 103 cm long, with 0.5 cm long brown spines; lamina pinnate, 136 cm long, 87 cm wide, flat; pinnae 12 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 2; basal pinna 43 cm long, middle pinna 43 cm long, apical pinna 36 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 17 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 32 cm long, inserted 17 cm from base, brown, with 2 cm long yellow spines; peduncle 17 cm long, 0.6 cm wide; rachis 1 cm long, 1 cm wide; rachillae 9. Flowers cream. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 775, subunit no. 93, inside transect |
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