60b. Geonoma stricta subsp. antioquiensis Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 60)

A subspeciebus extraamazonicis aliis bractea pedunculare altior supra prophyllo inserta differt.

Type: COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Mun. San Luis, autopista Medellín-Bogotá, sector Río Samana-Río Claro, hacia Aquitania, entrando por vereda Altavista, a 5 km de la autopista, 700–800 m, 27 September 1986, A. Cogollo & R. Torres 2397 (holotype COL!).

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°42’– 7°05’N and 74°44’– 74°58’W in the Central Cordillera in Colombia (Antioquia) at 852(700–1075) m elevation in lowland rainforest (Fig. 38).