A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
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Phytotaxa
2011
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32a.
Geonoma lehmannii
subsp.
lehmannii
Geonoma helminthostachys
Burret (1930a: 176)
.
Type
:
COLOMBIA
.
Antioquia
: Western Cordillera, above
Ciudad
Antioquia
,
1800–2400 m
,
August 1891
,
F. Lehmann 7233
(
holotype
B, destroyed, isotypes F!, K!).
Geonoma acutangula
Burret (1930a: 177)
. Type:
COLOMBIA
.
Antioquia
: Plateado,
2150 m
,
6 April 1880
,
W. Kalbreyer 1570
(
holotype
B, destroyed).
Neotype
(designated by
Bernal
et al.
1989
):
COLOMBIA
.
Antioquia
: Mun. Salgar, camino de ascenso al cerro Plateado, ca.
2200 m
,
4 November 1985
,
P. Franco et al. 2353
(
neotype
COL!, isoneotype AAU,
n.v.
).
Geonoma parvifrons
Burret (1930a: 178)
. Type:
ECUADOR
.
Loja
:
Loja
to Zamora,
1500–2000 m
, no date,
F. Lehmann 5288
(
holotype
B, destroyed, isotype K!).
Leaves
seldom plicate.
Inflorescences
prophylls 20.8(10.0–35.0) cm long; peduncles 38.7(12.5–63.0) cm long.
Distribution and habitat:—
From
9°53’N–
13°00’S
and 69°56’–
79°03’W
in the Andes of South America in
Venezuela
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
, and
Peru
at 2100(1200–2900) m elevation in montane rainforest (
Fig. 22
).
Geonoma lehmannii
subsp.
lehmannii
is widespread and variable, and occurs in several, disjunct populations. In
Venezuela
, most specimens occur in one area in
Portuguesa
and
Trujillo
, with an outlier in
Lara
. They have leaves with 3(3–5) pinnae per side of the rachis. They are geographically isolated and differ from the closest population in northern
Colombia
in nine variables.
In northern
Colombia
, specimens occur in the Central and Western Cordilleras only. Leaves are usually pinnate with 4(1–8) pinnae per side of the rachis, although rarely they are undivided and plicate. The
types
of
G. lehmannii
,
G. helminthostachys
,
and
G. acutangula
are from this area. In
Antioquia
, specimens from the Central Cordillera tend to be smaller and those from the Western Cordillera larger, although there are exceptions. One specimen (
Callejas 2138
) has two inflorescences inserted at the same node. Specimens from southern
Colombia
(
Caquetá
,
Huila
,
Putumayo
) are geographically isolated but similar to those from the Central Cordillera in
Antioquia
.
To the south, specimens are from scattered areas in southern
Ecuador
and northern
Peru
, central
Peru
, and southern
Peru
. They have leaves with 3(1–7) pinnae per side of the. The
type
of
G. parvifrons
is from southern
Ecuador
. Four specimens from the Cordillera del Condor in
Ecuador
(
Croat 98964, Neill 14982, 15024, Quizhpe 2222
) have undivided, plicate leaves, but other specimens from the same region have non-plicate leaves. Most specimens from
Cajamarca
in
Peru
have slender peduncles not covered by the bracts. In
San Martín
, one specimen (
Smith 4475
) has undivided leaves with more or less parallel sides.