Studies on Homalomeneae (Araceae) of Borneo IV:Homalomenaspecimens in the Herbarium Beccarianum-Malesia (FI-B) of the Museo di Storia Naturale—Sezione Botanica “F. Parlatore” dell'Università di Firenze

Abstract

As a botanist Odoardo Beccari (1843Beccari ( -1920 is best remembered for his work on palms (Arecaceae), a group in which he specialised throughout most of his adult life. However, though his prodigious collecting activities, notably in tropical Asia, Beccari made significant contributions to numerous other plant families, in particular the aroids (Araceae), for which family he is famous for introducing to Europe the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum (Becc.) Becc.) from Sumatera in 1878. The imagination-capturing nature of this indisputably remarkable plant has, somewhat regrettably, overshadowed Beccari's aroid work in Sarawak, when

Studies onHomalomeneae (Araceae)of Borneo XII —Homalomena tirtae, a new species from Kalimantan Timur, Indonesian Borneo, and notes on theHomalomenaBorneensis Complex

“…Previous papers in this and the related series for Peninsular Malaysia have highlighted the remarkable species diversity of the genus Homalomena in the Asian humid tropics, pointing out the overwhelming majority of species has yet to be formally named (Baharuddin & Boyce 2010aBoyce & Wong 2008, 2009Boyce & al. 2010a;Hoe & al.…”