Prestoea acuminata var. dasystachys (Burret) A.J.Hend. & Galeano, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 72: 53 (1996)

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Distribution

Map uses TDWG level 3 distributions (https://github.com/tdwg/wgsrpd)
Colombia present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Venezuela present (World Checklist of Arecaceae)B
Colombia (Santander) and Venezuela (Merída); montane regions of the Andes at 1900-2300 m. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Common Name

  • Colombia: palmicho. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Uses

  • The stems are used to make fences. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Description

  • Stems often cespitose, to 15 m tall, to 15 cm diam.
    Inflorescences often somewhat elongate; rachillae angular, with scattered to numerous short crustose or granular hairs, occasionally intermixed with a few longer, flexuous, branched hairs or sometimes with a dense covering of branched hairs; flowers and fruits somewhat sunken in the rachillae.
    Fruits ovoid or obovoid, rarely subglobose, 1.5-1.8 cm diam., fruiting perianth up to 7 mm long. (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Materials Examined

  • COLOMBIA. SANTANDER: Mpio. Charlá, Cañaverales, 1900 m, 29 Dec 1985, Rivera & Jaimes 1034 (COL).
    VENEZUELA. MERIDA: Mpio. Zerpa. San Eusebio, 08°40'N, 71°25'W, 2300 m, 27 Oct 1967, Wessels Boer 2020 (NY): 25 Feb 1968, Wessels Boer 2412 (NY). (Gloria Galeano & A. Henderson: Flora Neotropica, Monograph 72)A

Bibliography

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