14e. Geonoma cuneata subsp. linearis (Burret) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma linearis Burret (1933a: 861) . Type: COLOMBIA. Nariño: Barbacoas, Río Telembi, 10 August 1880, F. Lehmann 51 (holotype B, destroyed). Neotype (selected by Galeano & Skov (1989): COLOMBIA. Nariño: Mun. Barbacoas, Río Telembí, entre Barbacoas y ca. 15 km río arriba, 160) m, 20 November 1986, R. Bernal & B. Hammel 1320 (neotype COL!, isoneotype AAU!).

Leaves pinnate; petioles drying green or yellowish; veins raised and rectangular in cross-section adaxially; rachis 40.3(24.0–80.5) cm long; pinnae 7(4–10) per side of rachis. Inflorescences staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis; non-fertilized pistillate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 0°35’– 5°45’N and 76°25’– 78°56’W in western Colombia and Ecuador at 112(10–300) m elevation in lowland rainforest along the banks of fast-flowing streams (Fig. 14).