Syagrus menzeliana Noblick & Lorenzi

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Brazil

• State/Province

  Goiás

• County/Municipio

  Chapadão do Céu Mun.

• Locality

  Fazenda Campo Bom, near km 23 S of the city on GO-050, and S of Rio Prato

• Elevation

  Alt. 804 m. (2638 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.5662, -52.628

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Universidade de Sao Paulo
Escola Superior de Agricultura “Luiz de Queiroz”
Depto. Ciencias Biológicas
Herbario ESA
FAM: Arecaceae
esF:$yagrussp. nov.
DET: L. R Noblick
LOC:Brazil, Goi6s, Chapada do C6u: Fazenda CampoBom, near km 2'
S of the city on G0-050, and S of Rio Prato, elevation ca. 804 m, SI 8°
33’ 58.2”, W052 ° 37’ 40.8”. Flat terrain. Sandy soils.
OBS:Palm solitary to clustering, acaulescent or with a short reclined
trunk. Tallest specimen to 110-135 cm tall. LEAVES 3-5 in crown,
spirally arranged and spreading. Leaf sheath plus petiole is 13-32 cm
long, with the true petiole 11-30 cm x 5-11 mm wide and 3-6 mm thick
with a fibrous leaf sheath, adaxially channeled and abaxially rounded.
Leaf rachis 43-78 cm long. 10-29 pairs of leaflets which are distributed
irregularly in clusters of 2-3 or singly along the rachis in various planes.
Basal leaflets 14-26 x 0.3-0.5 cm, middle leaflets 20-41 x 1-1.8 cm, and
apical leaflets 8-26 x 0.2-0.8 cm. Newer leaflets with a whitish waxy
bloom on the lower surface. Androgynous INFLORESCENCE is
branched to one order. Prophyll measures 8-14.5 cm x 1.5-2 cm.
Peduncular bract with a total length of 21 -31 cm including a beak of 0-
1.5	cm and the expanded or inflated part of the bract measuring 12-25 x
1.6-3.5 cm and with a 3.6-5.4 cm perimeter and a 1-2 mm thickness-
peduncle9-20 cm long, 0.3-0.7 cm thick and 0-6 cm long rachis but the
total inflorescence from the basal primary branch to the apex measuring
6.5-14 cm. Tfiere are 1-5(7) rachillae or primary branches measuring 8-
13.5	cm long at the apex, and 7-13 cm long at the base.
COLiLarry Noblick 5631 Collected with Harri Lorenzi
DATA:9Jan 2014
This expedition supported by the Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC) in
collaboration with the USP (ESA) and the Jardim Botanico Plantarum (HPL)
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