Syagrus longipedunculata Noblick & Lorenzi

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Goiás

• County/Municipio

  Niquelândia Mun.

• Locality

  ca. 20 km E of town on Niquelândia road (GO-237)

• Elevation

  Alt. 542 m. (1778 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -14.4675, -48.3016

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

FAM: Arecaceae
ESP:Syagrus longipedunculataNobhck & Lorenzi
DET: L. R. Noblick
LOC.-Brazil, Goias, Niquelandia: ca. 20 km E of town on Niquelandia
road (GO-237), Elevation ca. 542 m, S14° 28’ 02.9”, W048° 18’ 05.6”.
Hilly. Rocky soils.
OBS:Palm solitary, acaulescent or with a short underground stem.
LEAVES 3-4 in crown, spirally arranged. Leaf sheath 3-6 cm long,
pseudopetiole (leaf sheath plus petiole) is 8-10 cm long, with the true
petiole 5-9.5 cm x 5-10 mm wide and 3-5 mm thick with a fibrous leaf
sheath, adaxially channeled and abaxially rounded. Leaf rachis 49-89 cm
long. 20-45 pairs of leaflets which are usually distributed evenly but
sometimes in clusters of 2 near the base along the rachis and leaflets held
in a slight to strong V. Often the longer leaf blades are slightly twisted.
Basal leaflets 21-35 x 0.1 am, middle leaflets 33-49 x 0.8-1 cm, and apical
leaflets 15-23 x 02-0.5 cm. Androgynous INFLORESCENCE is branched
to one order; prophyll not measured; peduncular bract with a total length
of 20-32 cm and the expanded or inflated part of the bract measuring 8-13
x 1.1-2 cm and with a 2.2-2.8 cm perimeter and a 1 mm thickness;
peduncle 12-23 cm long, 0.3-0.55 cm wide and no rachis, but the total
inflorescence from the basal primary flower to the apex measuring 4.5-9
cm. There is 1 rachilla or primary branch measuring 4.5-9 cm long. Fruits
not seen.
COL:Larry Noblick 5643 Collected with Harri Lorenzi
DATA: 15 Jan 2014
This expedition supported by the Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) in
collaboration with the USP (ESA) and the Jar dim Botanico Plantarum (HPL).
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