60f. Geonoma stricta subsp. pendula Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 63)

A subspeciebus aliis foliis plerumque simplicibus venis haud prominentibus atque inflorescentiis ramosis differt. Type: PERU. Amazonas: Condorcanqui Province, Distrito El Cenepa, Comunidad de Mamayaque, 4°34’S, 78°14’W, 400 m, 9 August 1997, R. Rojas, A. Peña & E. Chávez 256 (holotype NY!, isotype MO n.v.).

Leaves undivided or pinnate; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in cross-section adaxially; pinnae 1(1–2) per side of rachis. Inflorescences branched; staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis.

Distribution and habitat:— From 4°29’– 4°45’S and 77°58’– 78°14’W in the northwestern Amazon region of Peru (Amazonas) at 310(250–400) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 39).