14f. Geonoma cuneata subsp. minor Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 18)

A subspeciebus aliis foliis simplicibus venis haud prominentibus atque rachide breviore differt.

Type: PANAMA. Coclé: El Valle de Antón, Cerro Gaital, 8°37’N, 80°06’W, 26 November 1985, G. de Nevers, A. Henderson, H. Herrera, G. McPherson & L. Brako 6355 (holotype NY!, isotype MO!).

Leaves undivided; petioles drying green or yellowish; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in cross-section adaxially; rachis 22.6(19.0–29.0) cm long; pinnae 1 per side of rachis. Inflorescences staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis; non-fertilized pistillate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 8°37’– 8°42’N and 80°05’– 80°39’W in central Panama (El Copé, Coclecito Road, El Valle) at 810(700–1030) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 14).