heterotypic synonyms:
Rhaphidophora apiculata K.Krause; Rhaphidophora engleri Kaneh.; Rhaphidophora forbesii Rendle; Rhaphidophora kanehirae Hatus.; Rhaphidophora oblongifolia Schott; Rhaphidophora palauensis Engl. & K.Krause; Rhaphidophora palauensis Koidz.;
protologue: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 129 (1863)
6 873982 Rhaphidophora spathacea SchottH.G.A. Engler, Pflanzenr., vol. 23(B[2]): [Heft 37], (Araceae - Monsteroideae- Calloideae): p. 31, fig. 11 (1908)