Geonoma stricta (Poit.) Kunth
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1972. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part IX. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 1-832.
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Family
Arecaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Guianas and eastern Pará, Brazil; occasional and unfrequent in very wet but usually uninundated places in dense forests at lower elevations up to about 600 m altitude.
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Discussion
Gynestum strictum Poiteau, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 9: 391, t 19. 1822.
Type. Poiteau sn, French Guiana (P).
No actual collections have been made above 550 m elevation which may constitute almost the altitudinal boundary of the species. Geonoma stricta was several times collected at the foot of mountains in the Guayana Highland. Maguire 24166 (NY) from the Upper Coppename River, SURINAME, was described as a new species G. maguirei Bailey but is identical with Poiteau’s original material.
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Distribution
Distribution. Guianas and eastern Pará, Brazil; occasional and unfrequent in very wet but usually uninundated places in dense forests at lower elevations up to about 600 m altitude.
Guyana South America| French Guiana South America| Brazil South America|