Herbarium catalogue
Family: Palmae
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Cryosophila stauracantha (Heynh.) R.J.Evans
Collector/Expedition: Sharp, Catherine J.
Collection number: 10
Collection date: 11th April 2003
Country/Territory: Belize:Cayo
Collecting locality: Belize:Cayo:Las Cuevas Research Station forest, Monkey trail
Habitat: In more open parts of the seasonal tropical forest
Description: Tree, 9 m height, rachis 130cm length, spines 2-7 cm length covering all of stem. Old remnants of petioles persist and project from the top of the stem. Stem (7 cm dbh) is solitary (not clustered).
Miscellaneous notes: Tom Heller's photo of the trunk (with spines)
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00200793
Herbarium region: 14 (Central America)
Number of sheets: 1
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