Filed As:

Arecaceae
Attalea sagotii (Trail ex Thurn) Wess.Boer

All Determinations:

Attalea sagotii (Trail ex Thurn) Wess.Boer det. J.-C. Pintaud, Jun 2011

Location:

Brazil. Pará. Belterra Mun. Floresta Nacional do Tapajós: Near Tapajos River, left bank. 1,5 km from Prahina community. Alt. 63m. (207 ft.)

Collector(s):

T. L. P. Couvreur 305 with Vidal Mansano, Benjamin M. Torke, Chieno Suemitsu, Sebastião Júnior, Allesandro Rosario and Marcia Braga, 06 May 2011

Description:

Subterranean stem, 7/8 leaves per stem. Petiole section marginate, petiole 1,2 m long, rachis 2 m long. 60-70 pinnae per side, regularly arranged in one plane.6-7 apical ones fused at tips. Peduncular bract woody, 30 cm long, with a beak of 4 cm long. Inflorescence erect, emerging from ground. Whole structure light yellow and with a sweat scent, pretty warm. Pedundule 20 long, rachis 30-40 cm long, 30-40 rachillae. Flowers on one side of rachillae. One large weevil and several stingless bees on inflo.

Habitat:

On Tierra firme, white sand.

Other:

Specimen Notes: this specimen is composed of 4 parts

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02622961
GUID: 3e923e62-62dc-43ae-a6da-828453830244

Map:

Coordinates: (-3.24431, -55.158)

Distribution:

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