35d. Geonoma longivaginata subsp. vallensis Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 45)

A subspeciebus aliis venis haud prominentibus atque pedunculis longioribus differt.

Type: PANAMA. Coclé: El Valle de Antón, El Monasterio, near Cerro Gaital, 27 November 1995, A. Henderson & R. Bernal 2039 (holotype PMA!, isotype NY!).

Leaves veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in cross-section adaxially; rachis 28.1(20.5–37.5) cm long. Inflorescences peduncles 9.2(7.4–12.1) cm long rachillae 4(3–5), 18.8(15.4–25.2) cm long.

Distribution and habitat:— From 8°37’– 8°40’N and 80°05’– 80°12’W in central Panama (El Valle) at 917(880–950) m elevation in lowland tropical rainforest (Fig. 24).