60i. Geonoma stricta subsp. submontana Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 66)

A subspeciebus aliis foliis pinnatis venis prominentibus atque inflorescentiis ramosis differt.

Type: PERU. Pasco: Prov. Oxapampa, W side of Cordillera de San Matias between Iscosacin and summit, 10°11’S, 75°12’W, 680–850 m, 21 June 1982, D. Smith 2019 (holotype NY!, isotype MO n.v.).

Leaves undivided or pinnate; veins raised and rectangular in cross-section adaxially; pinnae 1(1–2) per side of rachis. Inflorescences branched; staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 9°50’– 10°18’S and 75°12’– 75°15’W on eastern Andean foothills in central Peru (Huánuco, Pasco) at 437(350–760) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 40).