60g. Geonoma stricta subsp. pliniana Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 64)

A subspeciebus guianensibus aliis foliis pinnatis venis prominentibus atque inflorescentiis simplicibus differt.

Type: FRENCH GUIANA. D.Z. 5, route Régina-Saint-Georges, bassin de l’Approuague, 4°02’N, 52°01’W, 100 m, 26 November 1995, J.-J. de Granville & G. Cremers 13148 (holotype NY!, isotype CAY n.v.).

Leaves pinnate; veins raised and rectangular in cross-section adaxially; pinnae 3 per side of rachis. Inflorescences unbranched; staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 3°45’– 5°17’N and 51°48’– 53°03’W in the northeastern Amazon region of French Guiana and Brazil (Amapá) at 53(5–100) m elevation in coastal, terra firme forests (Fig. 39).