A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
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journal article
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49d.
Geonoma pinnatifrons
subsp.
membranacea
(Wendland ex Spruce) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma membranacea
Wendland ex
Spruce (1871: 106)
.
Type
:
GUATEMALA
.
Escuintla
: Volcan de
Fuego, between
San Pedro
and Hacienda de Sapota,
January 1857
,
H
. Wendland 7 & 8
(
holotype
K
!).
Leaf
pinnae 6(3–8) per side of rachis.
Inflorescences
peduncular bracts inserted 1.4(0.9–2.0) cm above the prophyll; peduncles 16.5(13.6–18.8) cm long, 4.1(2.4–5.8) mm in diameter; rachillae 15.4(10.2–22.5) cm long, 1.9(1.4–2.4) mm in diameter;
fruits
6.3(5.2–7.0) mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 14°25’–
15°19’N
and 90°03’–
92°37’W
on slopes of volcanoes on the Pacific coast of
Mexico
and
Guatemala
at 1235(700–1650) m elevation in lowland to montane rainforest (
Fig. 31
).