51b. Geonoma pohliana subsp. fiscellaria (Martius ex Drude & Wendland) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma fiscellaria Martius ex Drude (1882: 486). Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Retiro de Petropolis, no date, A. Glaziou 1180 (holotype BR!, isotype P!).

Leaves pinnae 21(19–23) per side of rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 8(14–21), 3.7(3.0–4.8) mm in diameter, hairy, not filiform and not or scarcely narrowed between the flower pits; proximal and distal lips drying the same color as the rachillae; triads mostly spirally arranged.

Distribution and habitat:— At 22°00’– 22°28’S and 42°03’– 44°27’W in the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil in the Serra do Mar and Serra da Mantequeira in Rio de Janeiro at 1050(900–1100) m elevation in montane tropical rainforest (Fig. 33).