51d. Geonoma pohliana subsp. kuhlmannii (Burret) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma kuhlmannii Burret (1938b: 261) . Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Friburgo, 20 November 1922, J. Kulhmann 141 (holotype B, destroyed, isotype RB!).

Leaves pinnae 3(3–4) per side of rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 5(4–9), 2.8(2.3–3.2) mm in diameter, not hairy, not filiform and not or scarcely narrowed between the flower pits; proximal and distal lips drying darker brown than the rachillae; triads mostly spirally arranged.

Distribution and habitat:— From 22°15’– 22°53’S and 42°30’– 43°16’W in the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil in the Serra do Mar in Rio de Janeiro at 783(300–1300) m elevation in lowland tropical rainforest (Fig. 34).