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Areca sanguinea Zipp. ex Blume, Rumphia 2: 72 1839 = Pinanga rumphiana Mart. J. Dransf. Govaerts, World Checklist Palms: 178 2005. Areca sapida Sol. ex G. Forst., Pl. Esc.: 66 1786 = Rhopalostylis sapida Sol. ex G. Forst. H. Wendl. Drude, in O. C. E. Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 255 1878. Areca sechellarum H. Wendl. Baill., Hist. Pl. 13: 348 1895 = Phoenicophorium borsigianum K. Koch Stuntz, U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Invent. Seeds 31: 88 1914. Areca speciosa Lem., Ill. Hort. 13: t. 462 1866 = Hyophorbe amaricaulis Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 309 1849. Areca spicata Lam., Encycl. 1: 241 1783 = Calyptrocalyx spicatus Lam. Blume, Rumphia 2: 103 1843. Areca spinosa Hasselt Kunth, Enum. Pl. 3: 185 1841 = Oncosperma tigillarium Jack Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 33: 173 1864. Areca sylvestris Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 2: 568 1790 = Pinanga sylvestris Lour. Hodel, Palm J. 139: 55 1998. Areca tigillaria Jack, Malayan Misc. 27: 88 1820 = Oncosperma tigillarium Jack Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 33: 173 1864. Areca vaginata Giseke, Prael. Ord. Nat. Pl.: 78 1792 = Drymophloeus oliviformis Giseke Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 314 1849. Areca verschaffeltii Lem., Ill. Hort. 13: t. 462 1866 = Hyophorbe verschaffeltii H. Wendl., Ill. Hort. 131: t. 462 1866. Areca wallichiana Mart., Hist. Nat. Palm. 3: 178 1838 = Iguanura wallichiana Mart. Becc., Malesia 3: 100 1886. Areca wendlandiana Scheff. H. Wendl., in O. C. E. de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 332 1878 = Nenga pumila Blume H. Wendl., in O. C. E. de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 251 1878. Drymophloeus vestiarius Miq., Palm. Archip. Ind.: 24 1868. Nom. inval. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many individuals and institutions contributed to the completion of this paper. We would like to thank the Keepers and staff of herbaria AAU, BO, E, FI, K, L, MAN and SAR for access to their specimens, databases and for providing loans in many cases. The authorities in Sarawak, especially the Sarawak Forestry Company SFC allowed CDH to conduct his fieldtrip in Sarawak. Julia Sang and Shahabuddin M. Shabki are thanked for their helps with permits and all support including the organisation of CDH’s fieldtrip in Sarawak. Tom D. Evans sent his collection of a new Areca from Cambodia. Lucy T. Smith rendered beautiful illustrations for the new species funded by Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. This paper is part of CDH PhD thesis, conducted at Institut Pertanian Bogor and Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. CDH would like to express his gratitude to Dr. Sri S. Tjitrosoedirdjo, Prof. Johanis P. Mogea, and Prof. Mien A. Rifai to their generous encouragement, support, help and guidance during the study. Financial support came from International Palm Society in funding the field trip to Sarawak through IPS Endowment Fund 2007. The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, British American Tobacco Biodiversity Partnership and the Indonesian Minister of High Education BPPS Dikti Diknas funded CDH’s PhD; to them are greatly acknowledged. LITERATURE CITED Baker WJ, Dransfield J. 2006. Field guide to palms of New Guinea. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Banka R, Baker WJ. 2004. A monograph of the genus Rhopaloblaste Arecaceae. Kew Bulletin . 59: 47–60. Barrow S. 1998. A monograph of Phoenix L. Palmae: Coryphoideae. Kew Bulletin 53: 513–575. Beccari O. 1877a. Palmae Papuanae. Malesia 1: 21–23. Beccari O. 1877b. Plante nuove o rare dell’Archipelago Malese e della Nuova Guinea, raccolta, descritte od illustrate da O. Beccari. Palmae. Malesia 1: 171–175. Beccari O. 1885. Reliquiae Schefferianae: illustrazione di alcune palme viventi nel giardino botanico di Buitenzorg. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 2: 6– 165. Beccari O. 1907. Notes on Philippine palms, I. Philippine Journal of Science, Botany 2: 219–240. Beccari O. 1909a. New or little-known Philippine palms. Leaflets of Philippine Botany 2: 639–650. Beccari O. 1909b. Notes on Philippine Palms, II. Philippine Journal of Science C4: 601– 602. Beccari O. 1910a. Palme Australasiche nouve o poco note. Webbia 3: 163. Beccari O. 1910b. Palme dell’Indo-china. Webbia 3: 191–193. Beccari O. 1911. The palms of the Island of Polilo. Philippine Journal of Science, Botany

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