A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
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journal article
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49b.
Geonoma pinnatifrons
subsp.
binervia
(Orsted) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma binervia
Ørsted (1859: 33)
. Type:
NICARAGUA
.
Río San Juan
:
Río San Juan
,
1845–1848
,
A. Ørsted 6564
(
holotype
C!).
Leaf
pinnae 12(3–19) per side of rachis.
Inflorescences
peduncular bracts inserted 2.5(0.9–4.7) cm above the prophyll; peduncles 18.0(10.0–38.0) cm long, 13.0(9.3–20.2) mm in diameter; rachillae 15.7(8.7–28.3) cm long, 2.3(1.7–3.4) mm in diameter;
fruits
4.3(3.7–5.1) mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 7°19’–
16°04’N
and 77°05’–
90°15’W
in eastern
Panama
and adjacent
Colombia
with outliers in western
Panama
,
Costa Rica
,
Nicaragua
, and
Guatemala
at 282(4–725) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 31
).
There is one doubtful specimen (
Cook 5808
), missing leaves, from the Nicoya Peninsula of
Costa Rica
that is included here.