60d. Geonoma stricta subsp. bracteata Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 61)

A subspeciebus aliis foliis pinnatis venis haud prominentibus, rachillis tenuibus, atque inflorescentiis ramosis differt.

Type: PERU. Huánuco: Prov. Pachitea, region of Pucallapa, western side of the Sira mountains, 9°28’S, 74°47’W, 800 m, 10 September 1988, H. Rainer P22–10988 (holotype NY!).

Leaves pinnate; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in cross-section adaxially; pinnae 3(3–4) per side of rachis. Inflorescences branched; staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 9°03’– 10°12’S and 74°47’– 75°30’W on eastern Andean slopes in central Peru (Huánuco, Pasco, Ucayali) at 542(320–800) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 39).