GEONOMA BACULIFERA SPECIES GROUP VARIABLES

Qualitative characters

1. Flower pits spirally arranged (1); flower pits arranged in vertical rows (2). 3% missing values.

Qualitative traits

1. Stems solitary (1); stems clustered (2). 76% missing values.

2. Leaves irregularly pinnate with multi-veined pinnae (2); leaf blade simple (3). 6% missing values.

3. Inflorescence interfoliar at anthesis (1); inflorescence infrafoliar (2). 83% missing values.

Quantitative variables

1. Plant height (m); data taken from specimen labels. 42% missing values.

2. Stem height (m); data taken from specimen labels. 79% missing values.

3. Stem diameter (cm); data taken from specimen. 78% missing values.

4. Internode length (cm); data taken from specimens. 82% missing values.

5. Number of leaves per stem; data taken from specimen labels. 88% missing values.

6. Sheath length (cm); measured from base to apex of sheath. 86% missing values.

7. Petiole length (cm); measured from apex of leaf sheath to first pinna. 81% missing values.

8. Rachis length (cm); measured from first pinna to apex of rachis. 59% missing values.

9. Rachis width (mm); measured at base of leaf blade. 36% missing values.

10. Number of leaf divisions per side of rachis. 50% missing values.

11. Basal pinna length (cm); measured at the base of the pinna. 81% missing values.

12. Basal pinna width (cm); measured at the base of the pinna; not measured on simple leaves. 71% missing values.

13. Basal angle of pinna divergence (°); measured at 7.5 cm distance, between the axis of the rachis and margin of basal pinna. 36% missing values.

14. Apical pinnae length (cm); measured from apex of rachis to apex of pinna. 62% missing values.

15. Apical pinna width (cm); measured at the base of the pinna; not measured on simple leaves. 73% missing values.

16. Apical angle of pinna divergence (°); measured at 7.5 cm distance, between the axis of the rachis and margin of apical pinna. 46% missing values.

17. Prophyll length (cm). 78% missing values.

18. Peduncular bract length (cm). 90% missing values.

19. Distance between bract scars (cm). 66% missing values.

20. Peduncle length (cm); measured from prophyll scar to first branch. 50% missing values.

21. Peduncle width (mm); measured just below the peduncular bract scar. 6% missing values.

22. Orders of inflorescence branching. 4% missing values.

23. Rachilla length (cm). 14% missing values.

24. Rachilla width (mm); measured at middle of rachilla. 5% missing values.

25. Number of rachillae. 8% missing values.

26. Fruit length (mm). 61% missing values.

27. Fruit diameter (mm). 61% missing values.