51k. Geonoma pohliana subsp. wittigiana (Glaziou ex Drude) Henderson, comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma wittigiana Glaziou ex Drude (1882: 499) . Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Serra dos Orgãos, 23

August 1872, A. Glaziou 6458 (holotype P!, isotypes C n.v., FI!, K!).

Leaves pinnae 4(3–6) per side of rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 7(3–10)1.8(1.2–2.6) mm in diameter, hairy, not filiform and not or scarcely narrowed between the flower pits; proximal and distal lips drying the same color as the rachillae; triads mostly spirally arranged.

Distribution and habitat:— From 20°04’– 23°19’S and 40°43’– 44°36’W in the Atlantic Coastal Forest region of Brazil in Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro at 955(175–1265) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (Fig. 36).

Most specimens are from the Serra do Mar in Rio de Janeiro. The outliers from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo appear somewhat different but there are too few specimens to test for differences.