A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
17
1
271
journal article
24911
10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1
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1179-3163
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37c.
Geonoma maxima
subsp.
camptoneura
(Burret) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma camptoneura
Burret (1931a: 201)
. Type:
PERU
.
Loreto
: Río Huallaga, Yurimaguas,
March 1930
,
L. Williams 7836
(
holotype
B, destroyed, isotype F!, excluding leaf)[The type specimen appears to be a mixture, the leaf may belong to another species, possibly
G. deversa
].
Leaves
undivided or irregularly pinnate (sometimes with 1-veined pinnae present), not plicate; rachis 51.9(38.0–70.0) cm long; pinnae 4(1–8) per side of rachis; basal pinna 8.5(2.0–20.0) cm wide, forming an angle of 31(15–40)° with the rachis.
Inflorescences
rachillae 23(14–38).
Distribution and habitat:—
From 3°50’–
13°45’S
and 68°09’–
78°22’W
in the southwestern Amazon region of
Peru
and adjacent areas of
Brazil
and
Bolivia
at 334(135–800) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 25
).