Geonoma maxima subsp. multiramosa Henderson, 2011

Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), Phytotaxa 17, pp. 1-271 : 101-102

37h. Geonoma maxima subsp. multiramosa Henderson , subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plates 49 & 50)

A subspeciebus aliis rachillis magis numerosis differt.

Type: ECUADOR. Napo: Añangu, south bank of Río Napo, 95 km downstream from Coca, 0°32’S, 76°23’W, 300 m, 28 July 1985, H. Balslev, A. Barfod, A. Henderson, F. Skov & A. Argüello 60731 (holotype NY!. isotype AAU!).

Leaves regularly pinnate with 3–5-veined pinnae (except for basal and apical ones), not plicate; rachis 84.6(67.0–100.0) cm long; pinnae 21(17–27) per side of rachis; basal pinna 0.6(0.2–1.5) cm wide, forming an angle of 62(47–85)° with the rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 36(21–47).

Distribution and habitat:— From 2°03’N– 2°35’S and 75°27’– 77°20’W in Amazonian Ecuador and adjacent Colombia (Caquetá, Putumayo) and Peru (Loreto) at 283(200–450) m elevation in lowland rainforest ( Fig. 26 ).

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FIGURE 26. Distribution maps of Geonoma maxima subsp. compta, G. maxima subsp. dispersa, G. maxima subsp. hexasticha, and G. maxima subsp. multiramosa.