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 pohliana
subsp.
wittigiana
(Glaziou ex Drude) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma wittigiana
Glaziou ex
Drude (1882: 499)
.
Type
:
BRAZIL
.
Rio de Janeiro
: Serra dos Orgãos, 23
August 1872,
A. Glaziou 6458
(
holotype
P!, isotypes C
n.v.
, FI!, K!).
Leaves
pinnae 4(3–6) per side of rachis.
Inflorescences
rachillae 7(3–10)1.8(1.2–2.6) mm in diameter, hairy, not filiform and not or scarcely narrowed between the flower pits; proximal and distal lips drying the same color as the rachillae; triads mostly spirally arranged.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 20°04’–
23°19’S
and 40°43’–
44°36’W
in the Atlantic Coastal Forest region of
Brazil
in
Espírito Santo
,
Minas Gerais
, and
Rio de Janeiro
at 955(175–1265) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (
Fig. 36
).
Most specimens are from the Serra do Mar in
Rio de Janeiro
. The outliers from
Minas Gerais
and
Espírito Santo
appear somewhat different but there are too few specimens to test for differences.