A synoptic revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Calantica Jaub. ex Tul. (Salicaceae) Author Applequist, Wendy L. Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166 - 0299 (USA) wendy.applequist@mobot.org Author Phillipson, Peter B. Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166 - 0299 (USA) & Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, case postale 39, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) peter.phillipson@mobot.org Author Schatz, George E. Missouri Botanical Garden, P. O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166 - 0299 (USA) george.schatz@mobot.org text Adansonia 2014 3 2014-06-30 36 1 83 102 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2014n1a8 journal article 2410 10.5252/a2014n1a8 fe58a0bf-f061-4b8f-ac72-c5737d3d22c7 1639-4798 5208455 Calantica jalbertii (Tul.) Baill. , as “ Jauberti ”, 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. No modern treatment of Calantica has followed Baillon (1886) in subsuming the single species of Bivinia into Calantica . Bivinia , which has long spiciform inflorescences and relatively numerous stamens, much more closely resembles some species of Homalium . It is distinguished from Homalium by its superior ovary and apetalous condition; the latter is undoubtedly derived. Interestingly, B. jalbertii is native both to western and southeastern Madagascar and to East Africa from Zimbabwe to Kenya.