Attalea speciosa Mart.

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• Summary
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• OCR Text

• Filed As

  Arecaceae
  Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Collector(s)

  M. H. Nee 34379, 14 Mar 1987

• Location

  Brazil. Rondônia. Ariquemes Mun. 3 km. N of Ariquemes on BR 364, then 1 km. E on "Linea 65".

• Habitat

  Tall tropical evergreen forest on flat. With large trees now being removed. With Lecythidaceae, Orbignya phalerata. Very common.

• Description

  Common giant palm, not fertile until ca. 15 or more m. tall; trunk 30 cm. in diam., clean except for some old leaf bases. Leaves huge Ithis from a juvenile), the blade, becoming more spaced at base, otherwise ± uniform, with regular transverse folds. Fert.

• Identifiers

  NY Barcode: 01137617

  Occurrence ID: f467b5ea-14ba-42f9-95ea-8c4bb9dad0d1

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• Kingdom

  Plantae

• Division

  Magnoliophyta

• Order

  Arecales

• Family

  Arecaceae

• All Determinations

  Orbignya phalerata Mart.
  Note: Determiner originally noted as "A. Henderson, 1"

  Attalea speciosa Mart.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Rondônia

• County/Municipio

  Ariquemes Mun.

• Locality

  3 km. N of Ariquemes on BR 364, then 1 km. E on "Linea 65"

• Elevation

  Alt. 175 m. (574 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -9.88, -63.05

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