Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 1: 573 (1886) Bivinia jalbertii Tul. , as “ Jalberti ”, Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, sér. 4, 8: 78-79. 1857. A synoptic revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. (Salicaceae) Applequist, Wendy L. Phillipson, Peter B. Schatz, George E. Adansonia 2014 3 2014-06-30 36 1 83 102 (Tul.) Baill. Baill. Tul. [136,430,1112,1136] Magnoliopsida Salicaceae Calantica Plantae Malpighiales 18 101 Tracheophyta species jalbertii  as “ Jauberti”,   Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris1: 573 (1886). —    Bivinia jalbertiiTul., as “ Jalberti”, Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique,sér. 4, 8: 78-79. 1857.  No modern treatment of  Calanticahas followed Baillon (1886)in subsuming the single species of  Biviniainto  Calantica.  Bivinia, which has long spiciform inflorescences and relatively numerous stamens, much more closely resembles some species of  Homalium. It is distinguished from  Homaliumby its superior ovary and apetalous condition; the latter is undoubtedly derived. Interestingly,  B. jalbertiiis native both to western and southeastern Madagascar and to East Africa from Zimbabwe to Kenya.