49g. Geonoma pinnatifrons subsp. platybothros (Burret) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma platybothros Burret (1931a: 200) . Type: COLOMBIA. Magdalena: Santa Marta, 24 February 1899, H. Smith 2340 (holotype B, destroyed, isotypes F!, K!, MO!, NY!, P!, US!).

Leaf pinnae 5(4–5) per side of rachis. Inflorescences peduncular bracts inserted 5.5 cm above the prophyll; peduncles 31.5(21.0–42.0) cm long, 4.0(2.8–5.6) mm in diameter; rachillae 12.4(10.5–14.0) cm long, 2.2(1.7– 2.7) mm in diameter; fruits 5.7(5.3–5.9) mm in diameter.

Distribution and habitat:— From 10°35’– 11°10’N and 73°23’– 74°03’W on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia at 1371(370–1909) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (Fig. 32).