Recently added articles from Kew Bulletin:
Calospatha subsumed in Calamus (Arecaceae: Calamoideae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Based on previously published phylogenetic research, the genus Calospatha Becc. (Calamoideae) is placed in synonymy within Calamus L. The new combination, Calamus calospathus (Ridl.) W. J. Baker & J. Dransf. is made. Key Words. Calamoideae, Calamus, ...
Revision of the genus Sarcodum (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Millettieae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. In this revision of the genus Sarcodum, one new species, S. solomonensis R. Clark, currently known only from one collection, is described and illustrated. A key to all three species is provided, together with descriptions of the two previously known taxa in the ...
A new species of Macroptilium (Benth.) Urb. (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Phaseolinae) from North-Eastern Brazil
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A new species of Macroptilium sect. Microcochle (Benth.) J. A. Lackey is herein described from the states of Piauí and Bahia, Brazil. Macroptilium cochleatum is characterized by few-flowered inflorescences, calyx teeth longer than the tube, a tightly four-coiled keel, and ...
A reappraisal of Barnebydendron (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae: Detarieae)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. Barnebydendron J. H. Kirkbr. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae - Detarieae), when first described under the name Phyllocarpus Riedel ex Tul. (1843), was considered to be a monospecific genus restricted to the Atlantic forest in the vicinity of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A later ...
A new genus of Monimiaceae from the Atlantic Coastal Forest in South-Eastern Brazil
Jan 01, 2008; ... Summary. A new monotypic genus and a new species of Monimiaceae, Grazielanthus arkeocarpus from the Brazilian Atlantic coastal forest are described, illustrated and compared with morphologically related taxa. The new taxon occurs in the State of Rio de Janeiro in the central coastal ...