Geonoma pohliana subsp. linharensis Henderson, 2011

Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), Phytotaxa 17, pp. 1-271 : 128-129

51e. Geonoma pohliana subsp. linharensis Henderson , subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 54)

A subspeciebus aliis pinnis in quoque latere 4(2–7) atque rachillis 9(5–10) crebre pilosis differt.

Type: BRAZIL. Espírito Santo: Reserva Florestal da CVRD, Linhares, 15 March 1989, G. Farias 258 (holotype MBML!, isotype NY!).

Leaves pinnae 3(3–4) per side of rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 9(5–15), 4.3(3.7–5.0) mm in diameter, densely hairy, not filiform and not narrowed between the flower pits; proximal and distal lips drying the same color as the rachillae; flower pits mostly spirally arranged.

Distribution and habitat:— From 18°04’– 19°10’S and 39°33’– 40°24’W in the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil in southern Bahia and northern Espírito Santo at 35(30–40) m elevation in lowland rainforest ( Fig. 34 ).

Figures

FIGURE 34. Distribution maps of Geonoma pohliana subsp. gastoniana, G. pohliana subsp. kuhlmannii, G. pohliana subsp. linharensis, and G. pohliana subsp. rodriguesii.