60e. Geonoma stricta subsp. divaricata Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 62)

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

Type: PERU. Amazonas: Distr. El Cenepa, comunidad de Tutino, 4°33’S, 78°12’W, 500 m, 20 July 1997, R. Rojas, A. Peña & E. Chávez 101 (holotype NY!, isotype MO n.v.).

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 4°28’– 5°24’S and 77°20’– 78°30’W on eastern Andean slopes in northern Peru (Amazonas, Loreto) at 510(170–950) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 39).