| Field notes | Solitary understory palm. Stem 1.5 m high, 3 cm thick; internodes 7 cm long, > stem diameter, smooth. Leaves 11; sheath 15 cm long, open, with 3 cm long black spines; petiole 15 cm long, section round, with 5 cm long black spines; rachis 165 cm long, with 5 cm long black spines; lamina pinnate, 175 cm long, 55 cm wide, bushy, glabrous; pinnae 11-13 per side, irregularly inserted in groups of 2-3; basal pinna 22 cm long, middle pinna 30 cm long, apical pinna 30 cm long. Inflorescence interfoliar; prophyll 15 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, herbaceous; peduncular bract 95 cm long, inserted 5 cm from base, brown, papery; peduncle 60 cm long, 0.8 cm wide, with 3 cm long black spines; rachis 40 cm long, 0.3 cm wide, with 1 cm long black spines; rachillae 31, 20-45 cm long. Flowers sessile. Silicagel sample taken. Transect: HB 739, subunit no. 26, outside transect |
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