60h. Geonoma stricta subsp. quibdoensis Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 65)

A subspeciebus extraamazonicis aliis bractea pedunculare prophyllo propiore inserta differt.

Type: COLOMBIA. Chocó: ca. 10–15 km S of Quibdó on road to Istmina (Panamerican Highway), and 8–10 km E on road to petroleum exploration camp, 5°35’N, 76°37’W, 90 m, 9 July 1986, M. Grayum, B. Hammel, J. Kress & G. Brown 7645 (holotype MO!).

Leaves undivided; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in cross-section adaxially; pinnae 1 per side of rachis. Inflorescences unbranched; staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 5°35’– 5°50’N and 76°35’– 76°37’W on the Pacific coast of Colombia (Chocó) at 96(50–150) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 40).