Geonoma congesta subsp. osensis A.J.Hend.

  • Filed As

    Arecaceae
    Geonoma congesta subsp. osensis A.J.Hend. ( holotype )

  • Collector(s)

    H. E. Moore 6534, 09 Mar 1953

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Puntarenas. Esquinas Forest Preserve between Palmar Sur and Golfito on United Fruit Co. railroad.

  • Habitat

    Only one clump seen.

  • Description

    palm, to 20 ft. or more. Caespitose with few erect grey-brown trunks to 20 ft. high or perhaps more and 1/2 to 2 inches thick. Leaves about 12 in an erect, spreading coma, the sheathes not closed but with fibrous anti-petiolar cover that remains as coarse marginal fibers. Pinnae dullish green. often lichenous above, paler below, the rachis green. Spadices infrafoliar, several per stem, orange at maturity, the globose fruit green when immature, the female flowers white. Leaves irregulary pinnate. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1043426

    Occurrence ID: da34a938-7b7d-4fd0-b0c3-6abf359029a3

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Puntarenas

  • Locality

    Esquinas Forest Preserve between Palmar Sur and Golfito on United Fruit Co. railroad

  • Distribution

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