37f. Geonoma maxima subsp. dispersa Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plates 46–48)

A subspeciebus aliis prophyllo breviore differt.

Type: COLOMBIA. Córdoba: Mun. Tierralta, entre los ríos Esmeraldas y Sinú, 2 km arriba de la confluencia, 200 m, 26 July 1986, R. Bernal, G. Galeano & D. Restrepo 1148 (holotype, COL!).

Leaves irregularly pinnate (sometimes with 1-veined pinnae present), not plicate; rachis 53.0(34.0–80.0) cm long; pinnae 8(7–10) per side of rachis; basal pinna 4.7(2.0–7.5) cm wide, forming an angle of 49(41–60)° with the rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 21(12–36).

Distribution and habitat:— From 5°49’– 7°45’N and 71°47’– 77°30’W in the northern Chocó and Magdalena valley of Colombia and eastern Andean slopes in Venezuela at 245(15–700) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 26).