A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
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journal article
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Geonoma pinnatifrons
subsp.
platybothros
(Burret) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma platybothros
Burret (1931a: 200)
. Type:
COLOMBIA
.
Magdalena
: Santa Marta,
24 February 1899
,
H. Smith 2340
(
holotype
B, destroyed, isotypes F!, K!, MO!, NY!, P!,
US
!).
Leaf
pinnae 5(4–5) per side of rachis.
Inflorescences
peduncular bracts inserted
5.5 cm
above the prophyll; peduncles 31.5(21.0–42.0) cm long, 4.0(2.8–5.6) mm in diameter; rachillae 12.4(10.5–14.0) cm long, 2.2(1.7– 2.7) mm in diameter;
fruits
5.7(5.3–5.9) mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 10°35’–
11°10’N
and 73°23’–
74°03’W
on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in
Colombia
at 1371(370–1909) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (
Fig. 32
).