Filed As:
Arecaceae
Bactris rhaphidacantha Wess.Boer
Arecaceae
Bactris rhaphidacantha Wess.Boer
Location:
French Guiana. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. Saül and vicinity: W-WSW of Saül; south-side of summit of the northwestern peak of Mont Galbao. Alt. 720 m. (2362 ft.)
French Guiana. Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni. Saül and vicinity: W-WSW of Saül; south-side of summit of the northwestern peak of Mont Galbao. Alt. 720 m. (2362 ft.)
Description:
Single-stemmed plant, ca. 2 m tall; trunk grey, densely covered with leaf-scars, up to the leaves and infructescences 0.93 m tall, 6.5 cm in diameter; leaves (including petiole) up to 2.6 m long; petioles 0.4-0.6 m long, with a 0,3 m long furrow adaxially, quite densely covered with patent, black spines abaxially; longest spines up to 10 cm long; leaf sheaths very short; leaf bases deltoid enlarged, 4 cm wide; rachis in cross-section quadrangular, with two diagonally opposite edges in the same plane as leaflets, the latter ones are inserted on the two adaxial flanks; all leaflets in the same plane; two infructescences present in the axils of living leaves; sphatae pendent, brown, covered with black bristles; fruits dark green, densely crowded, covered with darker bristles. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Single-stemmed plant, ca. 2 m tall; trunk grey, densely covered with leaf-scars, up to the leaves and infructescences 0.93 m tall, 6.5 cm in diameter; leaves (including petiole) up to 2.6 m long; petioles 0.4-0.6 m long, with a 0,3 m long furrow adaxially, quite densely covered with patent, black spines abaxially; longest spines up to 10 cm long; leaf sheaths very short; leaf bases deltoid enlarged, 4 cm wide; rachis in cross-section quadrangular, with two diagonally opposite edges in the same plane as leaflets, the latter ones are inserted on the two adaxial flanks; all leaflets in the same plane; two infructescences present in the axils of living leaves; sphatae pendent, brown, covered with black bristles; fruits dark green, densely crowded, covered with darker bristles. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:
Montane tropical moist forest. Primary.
Montane tropical moist forest. Primary.
Other:
Specimen Notes: 5 photographs taken
Specimen Notes: 5 photographs taken
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 01204342
GUID: 0f6dcb83-4bea-48ed-9447-dab8324cf73f
NY Barcode: 01204342
GUID: 0f6dcb83-4bea-48ed-9447-dab8324cf73f
Map:
Coordinates: (3.6133, -53.2914)
Coordinates: (3.6133, -53.2914)