A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
17
1
271
journal article
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10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1
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1179-3163
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49i.
Geonoma pinnatifrons
subsp.
vaga
(Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach) Henderson
,
comb. & stat.
nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma vaga
Grisebach & Wendland in
Grisebach (1864: 517)
.
Geonoma saga
Spruce (1871: 109)
, orth. var.
Geonoma pinnatifrons
Willdenow var.
vaga
(Grisebach. & Wendland)
Burret (1930a: 246)
.
Lectotype
(here designated):
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
. Trinidad: Mount Tamana,
28 April 1841
,
W. Purdie 23
(
lectotype
K!).
Leaf
pinnae per side of rachis no data.
Inflorescences
peduncular bracts inserted 1.5(0.7–2.5) cm above the prophyll; peduncles 22.6(13.0–37.0) cm long, 5.8(4.0–11.0) mm in diameter; rachillae 12.4(8.4–18.9) cm long, 2.3(1.7–3.0) mm in diameter;
fruits
5.5(5.0–6.0) mm in diameter.
Distribution and habitat:—
From 10°38’–
11°18’N
and 60°34’–
63°10’W
on the Península de Paria,
Venezuela
, the Northern Range,
Trinidad
, and
Tobago
at 740(400–900) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 33
).
Although there is geographic discontinuity there are too few specimens and too many missing data to test for differences amongst areas.