Prestoea pubens var. pubens

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Distribution

Map uses TDWG level 3 distributions (https://github.com/tdwg/wgsrpd)
Colombia present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Pacific coast of Colombia (Cauca, Valle); lowland and premontane rain forest on steep slopes at 0-1000 m. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Description

  • Inflorescences branched; rachillae 3-10, with simple to furcate, substellate or stellate, 0.1 mm long, white hairs; staminate flowers 2-2.6 mm long; petals with a tuft of white hairs at apex; endosperm lightly (then almost homogeneous) to deeply ruminate. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Materials Examined

  • COLOMBIA. CAUCA: Mpio Guapi, Parque Nacional Natural Isla de Gorgona, rd. To Mirador, 230 m, 31 May 1986, Lozano et al. 5055 (COL); 190 m, 12 Sep 1987, Lozano et al. 5851 (COL); 12 Sep 1987, Lozano et al. 5852 (COL, NY); Isla de Gorgonilla, 14 Sep 1987, Lozano et al. 5904 (COL, NY); 15 Sep 1987, Lozano et al. 5920 (COL, NY).
    VALLE: Sabaletas, km 29 on rd. from Buenaventura to Cali. 25 m, 4 Jun 1944, Killip & Cuatrecasas 38746 (COL); Rio Calima, Quebrada El Cusumbo, 900-950 m, 21 Feb 1989, R. Bernal et al. 1532 (COL). (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Bibliography

    A. Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72
    B. World Checklist of Arecaceae