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Specimens examined<br />

CAMEROON: Bruneau 1074, Mt Kupe, SW Province (04.48N:09.42E) sterile, October 26, 1995 (K!);<br />

Mildbraed 9546, Buea – Douala, sterile, June 5, 1914 (K!); CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Fay<br />

4021, Manovo-St Floris National Park (09.29N:21.17E) sterile, December 30, 1982 (K!);<br />

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Eneme & Lejoly 113, Ndote Reserve (01.20N: 09.28E) Fl., August 19,<br />

1987 (EG!); <strong>Sunderland</strong> 1792, near village <strong>of</strong> Etembue (01.16N:09.26E) Fr., March 13, 1997 (K!, EG!,<br />

BH!); <strong>Sunderland</strong> 1909, near village <strong>of</strong> Etembue (01.16N:09.26E) Fr., March 28, 1998 (K!, EG!,<br />

WAG!); <strong>Sunderland</strong> 1922, near village <strong>of</strong> Etembue (01.16N:09.26E) Fl., April 8, 1998 (K!, EG!,<br />

WAG!); GABON: Breteler & van Raalte 5557, SE <strong>of</strong> Port Gentil (00.40S:08.50E) Fl., November 16,<br />

1968 (MO!); Dybowski 140, Fl. (FI!); Mann 1043, Gaboon River (00.19N:09.29E) Fl. & Fr., July 1861<br />

(K!); Reitsma 2889, 20km N <strong>of</strong> Libreville (00.35N:09.22E) Fr., January 29, 1987 (WAG!, LBR!); DR<br />

CONGO: Desenfous 2023, Kaniama, Haut Lomami (06.05S:22.20E) Fl., September 1951 (BR!);<br />

Malaisse 14159, Mushindi River (09.30S:23.13E) sterile, February 19, 1987 (BR!); Schmitz 5617,<br />

66km from Kinda (09.17S:25.03E) Fr., September 20, 1957 (BR!); ANGOLA: Milne-Redhead 4219,<br />

River Monu, sterile, 1937 (K!); ZAMBIA: Loverage 931, Mwinilunga District (11.44S:24.26E) sterile,<br />

June 12, 1963 (K!); Mutimushi 3372, Mwinilunga District (11.44S:24.26E) sterile, May 19, 1969 (K!)<br />

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E. quinquecostulata Becc.<br />

(Latin) “five main veins”<br />

Becc. in Webbia 3: 279 (1910); Tuley in Palms <strong>of</strong> Africa 123: (1995); Type:<br />

Cameroon, Dja, unknown collector (holotype FI!)<br />

Clustering slender palm climbing to 10-15 m. Stems ± circular in cross-section,<br />

without sheaths 4-9 mm, with 5-10 mm; internodes 14-16 cm long. Leaf sheath<br />

longitudinally striate, with sparse brown caducous indumentum; ocrea entire,<br />

obliquely truncate, extending to 1.2-2.7 cm; knee somewhat inconspicuous, ridge-like,<br />

vertically linear, tapering at base, extending to 4 cm. Leaves sessile, or with petiole up<br />

to 10 cm long, somewhat flattened, armed along the margins with inequidistant,<br />

reflexed, bulbous-based, black-tipped spines; rachis 60-80 cm long, flattened in crosssection<br />

proximally, becoming triangular in cross-section distally, armed as the petiole;<br />

cirrus up to 40-50 cm long, very fine, armed as the rachis although spines becoming<br />

sparse distally; leaflets, 5-12 on each side, inequidistant, grouped in pairs or in 4’s,<br />

somewhat irregularly clustered, lanceolate to loosely rhomboid, unequally attenuate at<br />

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