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Issue: Vol. 192 No. 1: 7 January 2015
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2015-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.192.1.8
Page range: 58–60
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 20

Retispatha subsumed in Calamus (Arecaceae)

Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, U.S.A.
Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458-5126, U.S.A.
Palmae rattans Calaminae Calamoideae

Abstract

Based on research in progress and previously published, Retispatha is placed in synonymy under Calamus. The new combination Calamus dumetosus (Dransfield) Henderson & Floda is made.