Calamus (palm)
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| Calamus | |
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| Calamus adspersus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae |
| Subfamily: | Calamoideae |
| Tribe: | Calameae |
| Genus: | Calamus Auct. ex L. |
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Calamus is a genus of the palm family Arecaceae. These are among several genera known as rattan palms. There are some 325 species in this genus, all with a palaeotropical distribution. They are mostly leaf-climbers with slender, reedy stems. To aid scrambling some species have evolved hooks on the underside of the midrib, or more commonly by modified pinnae in the form of stout, backward-pointing spines. These stems may grow to lengths of 200 metres. [1]
Calamus australis is known as the hairy mary.
[edit] Diversity
Species include:
- Calamus adspersus
- Calamus australis Mart. [2]
- Calamus caryotoides Mart.[2]
- Calamus compsostachys
- Calamus egregius
- Calamus gibbsianus
- Calamus hollrungii Becc.[2]
- Calamus moti F.M.Bailey[2]
- Calamus muelleri H.Wendl.[2]
- Calamus obovoideus
- Calamus radicalis H.Wendl. & Drude[2]
- Calamus rotang
- Calamus suaveolens W.J.Baker & J. Dransf.[2]
- Calamus tenuis[3]
- Calamus wailong
- Calamus warburgii K.Schum.[2]
- Calamus zeylanicus
[edit] References
- ^ Dictionary of Flowering Plants and Ferns - JC Willis (1960)
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Calamus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=CALAMUS. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ^ GRIN: C. tenuis
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