Boycea, a new genus of the tribe Aglaonemateae Engl. (Araceae)

 

Alistair Hay

 

ABSTRACT

The new genus Boycea A.Hay is described for Bornean Nephthytis bintuluensis A.Hay, Bogner & P.C.Boyce which molecular analyses have indicated to be closer to Indomalesian Aglaonema than to the African species of Nephthytis to which it is strikingly similar morphologically. The new combination Boycea bintuluensis (A.Hay et al.) A.Hay is made.

 

KEYWORDS

Nephthytis bintuluensis, Aroideae, Borneo, Sarawak