A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae)
Author
Henderson, Andrew
text
Phytotaxa
2011
2011-02-18
17
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271
journal article
24911
10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1
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Geonoma maxima
subsp.
spixiana
(Martius) Henderson
,
comb. & stat. nov.
Basionym:
Geonoma spixiana
Martius (1823: 15)
.
Geonoma maxima
var.
spixiana
(Martius)
Henderson (1995: 281)
.
Type:
BRAZIL
. Amazonas: Rio Japurá, no date,
C
. Martius s. n.
(
holotype
M
!).
Leaves
undivided or irregularly pinnate (sometimes with 1-veined pinnae present), plicate; rachis 70.7(44.5– 98.0) cm long; pinnae 2(1–4) per side of rachis; basal pinna 27.8(20.0–34.0) cm wide, forming an angle of 13(4–20)° with the rachis.
Inflorescences
rachillae 14(8–30).
Distribution and habitat:—
From 1°18’–
7°10’S
and 60°00’–
72°00’W
in the central–western Amazon region of
Brazil
and
Colombia
at 276(230–300) m elevation in lowland rainforest (
Fig. 27
).