Abstract: Gonatanthus (?) ornatus was described by Schott in 1858. Until recently, however, its exact systematic position has not been clear, because no inflorescence has been found on either the type or other specimens. After having examined all the morphological characters of spathe and spadix of the plant, which was collected from the Shizi Mountain of Wuding County in Yunnan in 1986 and then cultivated in Kunming. It is found that the species is best transferred to the genus Remusatia Schott. Its ovoid tube of spathe, the unilocular ovaries with parietal placentas and many hemiorthotropous ovules all fall into the circumscription of Remusatia. Thus a new combination, Remusatia ornata (Schott) H. Li et Q. F. Guo, is made here in the present paper.

Key words: Gonatanthus ornatus, Remusatia ornate