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 maxima
subsp.
hexasticha
(Spruce) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma hexasticha
Spruce (1871: 110)
. Type:
BRAZIL
. Amazonas: near Gama’s sitio, São Gabriel,
March 1852
,
R. Spruce 29
(
holotype
K!, isotypes NY!, P!).
Geonoma negrensis
Spruce (1871: 113)
. Type:
VENEZUELA
.
Amazonas
: Río Negro, San Carlos,
September 1853
,
R. Spruce 70
(
holotype
K!).
Leaves
regularly pinnate with 3–5-veined pinnae (except for basal and apical ones), not plicate; rachis 66.9(42.0–100.0) cm long; pinnae 20(15–25) per side of rachis; basal pinna 0.6(0.3–1.5) cm wide, forming an angle of 64(40–87)° with the rachis.
Inflorescences
rachillae 13(6–25).
Distribution and habitat:—
From
3°49’N–
0°70’S and 65°07’–
68°00’W
in southern
Venezuela
and adjacent
Colombia
(
Guainia
) and
Brazil
(Amazonas) at 214(65–1000) m elevation in lowland rainforest usually near streams or rivers on flooded or non-flooded soils (
Fig. 26
).