35c. Geonoma longivaginata subsp. sanblasensis Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plates 42–44)

A subspeciebus aliis venis prominentibus differt.

Type: PANAMA. San Blas: El Llano-Cartí road, km 17–19, 9°19’N, 78°55’W, 19 June 1986, G. de Nevers & H. Herrera 7957 (holotype NY!, isotype MO, n.v.).

Leaves veins raised and rectangular in cross-section adaxially; rachis 52.8(42.0–64.0) cm long. Inflorescences peduncles 11.4(8.0–14.0) cm long; rachillae 6(4–8), 27.7(22.3–37.0) cm long.

Distribution and habitat:— From 9°19’S– 9°24’N and 78°48’– 79°08’W in San Blas, Panama at 322(80– 450) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 24).

One specimen (de Nevers 4959— excluded from the above analyses and descriptions) is considerably smaller than the others and) may be a hybrid with Geonoma deversa .