Vol. 80 No. 1 (2025)
Articles

Nomenclatural changes and new species in Malesian Homalomena (Araceae)

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  • Arifin S.D. Irsyam,
  • Erick Raynalta,
  • Muhammad R. Hariri
Arifin S.D. Irsyam
Herbarium Bandungense, School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Sumedang 45363, Indonesia
Erick Raynalta
Botani Tropika Indonesia Foundation (Botanika), Bogor 16112, Indonesia
Muhammad R. Hariri
Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong 16911, Indonesia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17033

Published 2025-04-17

Keywords

  • Aroid,
  • Sumatra,
  • Homalomena,
  • internal transcribed spacer,
  • Malesia

How to Cite

Irsyam, A. S., Raynalta, E., & Hariri, M. R. (2025). Nomenclatural changes and new species in Malesian Homalomena (Araceae). Webbia, 80(1), 99–104. https://doi.org/10.36253/jopt-17033

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Abstract

The genus Furtadoa M. Hotta (Araceae) is reviewed, with its morphological characteristics compared to those of Homalomena Schott, and its molecular phylogenetic position analyzed in relation to other Homalomena species. A comparative assessment of molecular data supports the reclassification of Furtadoa within Homalomena, resulting in the establishment of two new combinations. Two species names are changed: H. indrae for F. indrae and H. sumatrensis for F. sumatrensis. In this paper, we also describe a new species of ‘Furtadoa-like’ Homalomena from Riau, Sumatra, H. chikmawatiae A.S.D.Irsyam & M.R.Hariri. This new species is readily identified by its peltate leaves and large sterile appendix at the spadix.

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