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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Geonoma maxima
subsp.
dispersa
Henderson
,
subsp. nov.
(Appendix IV, Plates 46–48)
A subspeciebus aliis
prophyllo breviore differt.
Type:
COLOMBIA
.
Córdoba
: Mun. Tierralta, entre los ríos Esmeraldas y Sinú,
2 km
arriba de la confluencia,
200 m
,
26 July 1986
,
R. Bernal, G. Galeano & D. Restrepo 1148
(
holotype
, COL!).
Leaves
irregularly pinnate (sometimes with 1-veined pinnae present), not plicate; rachis 53.0(34.0–80.0) cm long; pinnae 8(7–10) per side of rachis; basal pinna 4.7(2.0–7.5) cm wide, forming an angle of 49(41–60)° with the rachis.
Inflorescences
rachillae 21(12–36).
Distribution and habitat:—
From 5°49’–
7°45’N
and 71°47’–
77°30’W
in the northern Chocó and
Magdalena
valley of
Colombia
and eastern Andean slopes in
Venezuela
at 245(15–700) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 26
).