Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. vaga (Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach) Henderson

Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), Phytotaxa 17, pp. 1-271 : 122

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5609118

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. vaga (Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach) Henderson
status

comb. & stat. nov.

49i. Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. vaga (Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach) Henderson View in CoL , 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 View FIGURE 33 ).

Although there is geographic discontinuity there are too few specimens and too many missing data to test for differences amongst areas.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Arecales

Family

Arecaceae

Genus

Geonoma

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