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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29c.
Geonoma interrupta
subsp.
purdieana
(Spruce) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma purdieana
Spruce (1871: 109)
. Type:
COLOMBIA
.
La Guajira
: Río de la Hacha,
December 1844
,
W. Purdie 259
(
holotype
K!).
Leaves
pinnae 9(5–14) per side of rachis.
Inflorescences
peduncular bracts inserted 7.1(6.5–7.5) cm above the prophyll; non-fertilized pistillate flowers deciduous after anthesis.
Distribution and habitat:—
From
7°14’N–
11°05’S
and 69°16’–
73°28’W
in
Venezuela
and adjacent
Colombia
at 375(60–775) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 21
).