Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. vaga (Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach) Henderson

Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), Phytotaxa 17, pp. 1-271 : 122

49i. Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. vaga (Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach) Henderson , comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma vaga Grisebach & Wendland in Grisebach (1864: 517) . Geonoma saga Spruce (1871: 109) , orth. var. Geonoma pinnatifrons Willdenow var. vaga (Grisebach. & Wendland) Burret (1930a: 246) . Lectotype (here designated): TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Trinidad: Mount Tamana, 28 April 1841, W. Purdie 23 (lectotype K!).

Leaf pinnae per side of rachis no data. Inflorescences peduncular bracts inserted 1.5(0.7–2.5) cm above the prophyll; peduncles 22.6(13.0–37.0) cm long, 5.8(4.0–11.0) mm in diameter; rachillae 12.4(8.4–18.9) cm long, 2.3(1.7–3.0) mm in diameter; fruits 5.5(5.0–6.0) mm in diameter.

Distribution and habitat:— From 10°38’– 11°18’N and 60°34’– 63°10’W on the Península de Paria, Venezuela, the Northern Range, Trinidad, and Tobago at 740(400–900) m elevation in lowland rainforest ( Fig. 33 ).

Although there is geographic discontinuity there are too few specimens and too many missing data to test for differences amongst areas.

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FIGURE 33. Distribution maps of Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. vaga, G. poeppigiana, G. pohliana subsp. pohliana, and G. pohliana subsp. fiscellaria.