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.