14b. Geonoma cuneata subsp. guanacastensis Henderson, subsp. nov. (Appendix IV, Plate 16) A subspeciebus aliis petiolis in sicco brunneo–aurantiacis differt. Type: COSTA RICA. Guanacaste / Alajuela: slopes of Miravalles, above Bijagua, ca. 1500 m, November 1982, L. Gómez et al. 19053 (holotype NY!, isotype MO!). Leaves undivided; petioles drying orange-brown; veins not raised or slightly raised and triangular in crosssection adaxially; rachis 27.6(17.7–31.5) cm long; pinnae 1 per side of rachis. Inflorescences staminate flowers deciduous after anthesis; non-fertilized pistillate flowers deciduous after anthesis. Distribution and habitat:— From 10°35’N– 10°59’N and 84°55’– 85°27’W in Costa Rica (Cordilleras de Guanacaste and Tilarán) at 814(470–1500) m elevation in lowland or montane rainforest (Fig. 13).

Published as part of Henderson, Andrew, 2011, A revision of Geonoma (Arecaceae), pp. 1-271 in Phytotaxa 17 on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.17.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3538362