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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/24/2012)
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Species
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CHAMAEDOREA LATIPINNA Bailey
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PlaceOfPublication
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Gent. Herb. 6:244. 1943.
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Description
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Slender, 1 m. tall, with smooth glossy foliage: leaf-blades 30-50 cm. long, pinnate, apical part with 2 very broad confluent lobes, other pinnae alternate, few in numb-er; rachis very thin and flattened, 2-3 mm. broad, ridged on top; pinnae thin, 25-30 cm. long, 10-13 cm. broad, strongly sigmoid, rather abruptly con- tracted to a short point, base very wide, conspicuous because of several or many curved strong ribs 1 cm. or more apart and less distinct ones between: spadices once-branched from a more or less continuing central axis; peduncle 25 and more cm. long, its length inclosed in striate sheaths; staminate spadix 25-30 cm. long and nearly as broad, the glabrous rachillae 18-25 cm. long and laxly flowered; stamin'ate flowers with broad deeply lobed lightly imbricate calyx; pistillate spadix somewhat smaller, the fertile part about 20 cm. across in either direction: fruit (immature) oblong and contracted to base, obtuse at apex, 10-12 mm. long, green in color.
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Distribution
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Panama.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: vicinity of Chiriqul Lagoon, von Wedel 2275.
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