Geonoma pohliana subsp. rubescens (Wendland ex Drude) Henderson, 2011

51g. Geonoma pohliana subsp. rubescens (Wendland ex Drude) Henderson View in CoL , comb. & stat. nov.

Basionym: Geonoma rubescens Wendland ex Drude (1882: 491) View in CoL . Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: Ilhéus, no date, J. Blanchet s.n. ( holotype BR!, isotype P!).

Geonoma platycaula Drude & Trial in Drude (1882: 490) View in CoL . Type: BRAZIL. Bahia: without locality, no date, C. Martius s.n. ( holotype M!).

Leaves pinnae 4(3–7) per side of rachis. Inflorescences rachillae 4(2–6), 5.1(3.8–6.5) mm in diameter, not hairy, not filiform and not narrowed between the flower pits; proximal and distal lips drying the same color as the rachillae; triads mostly spirally arranged.

Distribution and habitat:— From 14°09’– 15°18’S and 39°00’– 39°16’W in the Atlantic Coastal Forest of Brazil in central Bahia at 212(45–380) m elevation in lowland tropical rainforest ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 ).

Labels of some specimens (e.g., Carvalho 6775, Noblick 4726) describe the stems, leaves, and inflorescences as reddish-tinged. Some specimens (e.g., Fiaschi 1051), sympatric with subsp. unaensis , exactly resemble that subspecies except for the non-hairy rachillae. The differences between the two subspecies are not clear.