Daemonorops komsaryi (Arecaceae)—a new rattan from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, Indonesian New Guinea

Rudi A. Maturbongs; J. DRANSFIELD; J. P. MOGEA

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.195.4.5

Issue: Vol. 195 No. 4: 30 January 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-01-30

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.195.4.5

Page range: 297–300

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Daemonorops komsaryi (Arecaceae)—a new rattan from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, Indonesian New Guinea

Rudi A. Maturbongs⁺⁻
J. DRANSFIELD⁺⁻
J. P. MOGEA⁺⁻

Forestry Faculty, State University of Papua, Manokwari 98314, West Papua, Indonesia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3 AE, United Kingdom

Herbarium Bogoriense, Puslitbang Biologi-LIPI, Cibinong, Indonesia

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Abstract

Daemonorops komsaryi (Arecaceae), a new species of rattan from the Bird’s Head Peninsula in West Papua, Indonesia, is described and illustrated. This species closely resembles D. calapparia, but is distinguished by having more than 60 leaflets on each side of the leaf rachis, and in having slender, rigid, long blackish-brown spines and long petioles.