14i. Geonoma cuneata subsp. sodiroi (Dammer ex Burret) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma sodiroi Dammer ex Burret (1930a: 165) . Geonoma cuneata var. sodiroi (Dammer ex Burret) Skov ex Govaerts & Dransfield (2005: 114) . Type: ECUADOR. Pichincha: Santo Domingo, October 1885, L. Sodiro 187/ 1 (holotype P!).

Leaves pinnate; petioles drying green or yellowish; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in crosssection adaxially; rachis 30.3(16.1–44.5) cm long; pinnae 6(5–7) per side of rachis. Inflorescences staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis; non-fertilized pistillate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 0°15’– 0°34’S and 79°09’– 79°20’W in western Ecuador at 475(300– 650) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 15).

The single specimen from Centinela (Dodson 14822) is smaller than the other two.