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Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. pinnatifrons

Description

49a. Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. pinnatifrons

Geonoma pulchra Engel (1865: 686). Type: COLOMBIA. Norte de Santander: Ocaña, 2000–3000 m, August 1859, F.

Engel s. n. (holotype B, destroyed, isotype LE!).

Leaf pinnae 11(3–39) per side of rachis. Inflorescences peduncular bracts inserted 2.8(0.6–6.5) cm above the prophyll; peduncles 25.2(11.0–41.0) cm long, 7.5(3.6–12.9) mm in diameter; rachillae 15.2(8.6–25.7) cm long, 2.2(1.1–3.4) mm in diameter fruits 5.0(3.6–6.3) mm in diameter.

Distribution and habitat:— From 2°43’S– 11°10’N and 63°25’– 78°12’W in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador, and just reaching eastern Panama, at 898(30–1900) m elevation in lowland to montane rainforest (Fig. 31).

There is geographical variation in this subspecies. Regression shows there are significant (P <0.05) associations between elevation and three leaf and three inflorescence variables. Squared multiple R for the regression of petioles on elevation is 0.57, basal pinna length 0.27, basal pinna width 0.28, prophyll length 0.39, rachilla length 0.27, and fruit length 0.23. Petioles become shorter, basal pinna shorter and narrower, prophyll and rachillae shorter, and fruits longer with increasing elevation.

Clustered-stemmed plants occur commonly in this subspecies in Venezuela, and these occur at a higher mean elevation (1170 m) than those with solitary stems (677 m).

Notes

Published as part of Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), pp. 1-271 in Phytotaxa 17 on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3538362

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Arecaceae
Genus
Geonoma
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Arecales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Species
pinnatifrons
Taxon rank
subSpecies

References

  • Engel, F. (1865) Palmae novae Columbianae. Linnaea 33: 665 - 692.