A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
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journal article
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10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1
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37h.
Geonoma maxima
subsp.
multiramosa
Henderson
,
subsp. nov.
(Appendix IV, Plates 49 & 50)
A subspeciebus aliis
rachillis magis numerosis differt.
Type:
ECUADOR
.
Napo
: Añangu, south bank of Río
Napo
,
95 km
downstream from Coca,
0°32’S
,
76°23’W
,
300 m
,
28 July 1985
,
H. Balslev, A. Barfod, A. Henderson, F. Skov & A. Argüello 60731
(
holotype
NY!. isotype AAU!).
Leaves
regularly pinnate with 3–5-veined pinnae (except for basal and apical ones), not plicate; rachis 84.6(67.0–100.0) cm long; pinnae 21(17–27) per side of rachis; basal pinna 0.6(0.2–1.5) cm wide, forming an angle of 62(47–85)° with the rachis.
Inflorescences
rachillae 36(21–47).
Distribution and habitat:—
From
2°03’N–
2°35’S
and 75°27’–
77°20’W
in Amazonian
Ecuador
and adjacent
Colombia
(
Caquetá
,
Putumayo
) and
Peru
(
Loreto
) at 283(200–450) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 26
).