Editing Linospadix linospadix (section)

===Linospadix and Its Relatives:===
''Linospadix'' (7 spp.) is included in the
subtribe Linospadicinae with four other
genera - ''Calyptrocalyx'' (20 spp.),
''Howea'' (2 spp.), ''Laccospadix'' (1 sp.) and
''Paralinospadix'' (24 spp.). Of the
Linospadicinae species, 45 are endemic to
New Guinea and the remainder to the
Moluccas (1 sp.), Australia (6 spp.) and
Lord Howe Island (2 spp.). Preliminary
phenetic and cladistic studies suggest that
''Calyptrocalyx'' and ''Paralinospadix'' are
indistinguishable from each other; ''Howea'' and
''Laccospadix'' are very close to each other
though separable; and ''Linospadix'' is
relatively isolated from the other genera by what
are perceived as the most taxonomically and
biologically important characters within the
group. If closest relatives were to be
suggested for ''Linospadix'', they would include
both ''Howea'' and ''Laccospadix'' due to
similarities in the following features:
a. the position at which the peduncular
bract is attached - it is relatively close
in the three genera
b. the peduncular bract fully encloses the
inflorescence during.development in all
three genera (not so in
''Calyptrocalyx/Paralinospadtx'')
c. floral morphology - all three genera
have staminate mowers with basi- or
subbasi-fixed. non-versatile anthers
and short filaments (dorsi-fixed
and versatile in
''Calyptrocalyx/Paralinospadix'').