A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
17
1
271
journal article
24911
10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1
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1179-3163
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49e.
Geonoma pinnatifrons
subsp.
mexicana
(Liebman ex Martius) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma mexicana
Liebman ex Martius (1853: 316)
.
Type
:
MEXICO
.
Oaxaca
: Lobani, Chinantla,
900 m
, no date,
F
. Liebman 10804
(
holotype
C
!, isotypes
MO
!,
P
!,
US
!).
Leaf
pinnae 4(3–7) per side of rachis.
Inflorescences
peduncular bracts inserted 3.8(1.8–7.4) cm above the prophyll; peduncles 28.4(19.0–37.0) cm long, 7.0(3.8–10.7) mm in diameter; rachillae 12.3(7.0–18.0) cm long, 2.3(1.6–3.3) mm in diameter;
fruits
4.1(3.7–4.5) mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 7°43’–
18°01’N
and 79°55’–
96°40’W
in
Mexico
,
Guatemala
,
Belize
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
Costa Rica
, and western
Panama
(
Bocas del Toro
,
Coclé
,
Herrera
) at 553(50–1100) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (
Fig. 32
).
FIGURE 32
. Distribution maps of
Geonoma pinnatifrons
subsp.
mexicana
,
G
.
pinnatifrons
subsp.
oxycarpa
,
G
.
pinnatifrons
subsp.
platybothros
,
and
G
.
pinnatifrons
subsp.
ramosissima
.
Four specimens (
Cook 35, 728, Doyle 10, Hernández 1171
) from scattered localities in
Mexico
,
Guatemala
, and
Costa Rica
have many more pinnae than usual and the leaf appears regularly pinnate. One possible explanation for this is that these specimens represent a mixture of inflorescences from
G. pinnatifrons
subsp.
mexicana
and leaves from
G. interrupta
subsp.
magnifica
. The latter has many more pinnae and occurs sympatrically with
G. pinnatifrons
subsp.
mexicana
. Leaf measurements from these four specimens are omitted.