14b. Geonoma cuneata subsp. guanacastensis Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 16)

A subspeciebus aliis petiolis in sicco brunneo–aurantiacis differt.

Type: COSTA RICA. Guanacaste / Alajuela: slopes of Miravalles, above Bijagua, ca. 1500 m, November 1982, L. Gómez et al. 19053 (holotype NY!, isotype MO!).

Leaves undivided; petioles drying orange-brown; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in crosssection adaxially; rachis 27.6(17.7–31.5) 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 10°35’N– 10°59’N and 84°55’– 85°27’W in Costa Rica (Cordilleras de Guanacaste and Tilarán) at 814(470–1500) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (Fig. 13).