Geonoma pohliana subsp. unaensis Henderson, 2011

Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), Phytotaxa 17, pp. 1-271 : 130

51i. Geonoma pohliana subsp. unaensis Henderson , subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 56)

A subspeciebus aliis pinnis in quoque latere 4(2–7) atque rachillis 2(2–3) crebre pilosis differt.

Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Mun. Una, Reserva Biológico do Mico-leão, entrada no km 46 da Rod. BA-001 Ilhéus-Una, 15°09’S, 39°05’W, 8–12 March 1993, A. Amorim, S. Sant’Ana, J. Jardim, E. Santos & J. Hage 1119 (holotype NY!, isotype CEPEC n.v.).

Leaves pinnae 3(3–4) per side of rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 2(2–3), 6.3(5.5–6.8) 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; triads mostly spirally arranged.

Distribution and habitat:— From 15°07’– 15°09’S and 39°05’– 39°10’W in the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil near Una, Bahia at low elevations in lowland rainforest ( Fig. 35 ).

Figures

FIGURE 35. Distribution maps of Geonoma pohliana subsp. rubescens, G. pohliana subsp. trinervis, G. pohliana subsp. unanensis, and G. pohliana subsp. weddelliana.