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Geonoma irena (Arecaceae), a new species from western Ecuador
Author(s) -
Borchsenius Finn
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1996.tb00278.x
Subject(s) - biology , arecaceae , botany , palm , morphology (biology) , zoology , physics , quantum mechanics
A new palm species, Geonoma irena from western Ecuador, is described and illustrated. It is separated from the polymorphic G. cuneata on the basis of differences in floral morphology, associated with major differences in flowering biology.