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Two new species of Licuala Thunb. (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae) from North Moluccas and Western New Guinea

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Two new palm species, Licuala adscendens Barfod & Heatubun and L. urciflora Barfod & Heatubun, are described from Obi Island in North Moluccas and Waigeo Island in Raja Ampat District, Western New Guinea respectively.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the keepers of the herbaria BRI, CANB, K, LAE, L and MO, who sent material of Licuala on loan to AAU. The plates were skilfully rendered by Lucy T. Smith for the Palms of New Guinea project. Dr William Baker kindly granted us permission to use them in this paper. CDH would like to thank the staff of AAU, K, and L for ground support and hospitality during his visits in June – July 2007.

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  1. Charlie D. Heatubun

    Present address: Fakultas Kehutanan Universitas Papua, Amban, Manokwari, 98314, Papua Barat, Indonesia

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, bygn. 1540, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Anders S. Barfod

  2. Departemen Biologi, Sekolah Pascasarjana Institut Pertanian Bogor, Darmaga, Bogor, 16680, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

    Charlie D. Heatubun

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Barfod, A.S., Heatubun, C.D. Two new species of Licuala Thunb. (Arecaceae: Coryphoideae) from North Moluccas and Western New Guinea. Kew Bull 64, 553–557 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-009-9129-z

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