| Classification | Arecaceae: Ptychandra |
| Barcode(s) | 00057916 |
| Type Status | Type |
| Collector | L. J. Brass |
| Collector number | 4974 |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| State | Central |
| Geography | Oceania: Papuasia (Region): Papua New Guinea: Central |
| Locality | Mount Tafa, valley forests, 2400 m. |
| Date Collected | 1933-09-** |
| Remarks | Tall graceful species attaining 15 m.; specimens from a tree growing in a forest opening, the only example observed in flower; trunk 30 feet high with diameter of 8.5 cm. just below leaves; leaves 7, spreading and drooping about 2 m. long; leaf sheaths thick, about 35 cm. long; pinna concave, 46-50 on each side of rachis; panicles 6, lowermost bearing half ripe fruit, upper one still enveloped in spathe; scattered, the only palm aprt from a small Calamus occurring at this altitude. |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7e0aa2da-32ef-436a-8934-d4dd1c7f80d0 |
| Harvard University Herbaria Barcode | 00057916 |
| Herbarium | A |
| Family | Arecaceae |
| Type Status | Type |
| Type of | Ptychandra montana Burret |
| Determination Remarks | [filed under] |
| Taxon Reference | (for Ptychandra montana Burret) Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 1935. 12: 324. |
| Subcollection | Fruit collection |
| Sex | not determined |
| Phenology | NotDetermined |
| Preparation Type | Bag |
| Preparation Method | Dried |
