Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus hookerianus Becc.

First published in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 11(1): 226 (1908)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. India. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

India

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • S.K. Basu, Rattans (canes) in India. A Monographic Revision. 1992

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 4, 1984 Menon, M.K. [2503] India K000527061 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Menon, M.K. [2503] India K000527059 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Menon, M.K. [2503] India K000527058 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Menon, M.K. [2503] India K000527060 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2929] India K000527050 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2929] India K000527051 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2929] India K000527053 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2929] India K000527052 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2929] India K000527049 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2926] India K000527045 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2926] India K000527048 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2926] India K000527047 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2926] India K000527046 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2904] India K000527044 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2904] India K000527039 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2904] India K000527042 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2904] India K000527043 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2904] India K000527040 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2904] India K000527041 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2948] India K000527056 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2948] India K000527054 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2948] India K000527057 Yes
Apr 4, 1984 Renuka; Nambiar [2948] India K000527055 Yes
Ridsdale, C.E. [111] India K000527062 Yes
Hooker & Thomson [s.n.] India K000527038 Yes
Beddome, R.H. [s.n.] India K000527036 Yes
Ridley [2759] India K000527035 Yes
Beddome, R.H. [s.n.] India K000527037 Yes
Beddome, R.H. [s.n.] India K000527034 Yes
Padmanabhan, D. [1012] India K000527063 Yes
Wight, R. [1142] India K000687859 Holotype Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

    • Palmweb 2011. Palmweb: Palms of the World Online. Published on the internet http://www.palmweb.org. Accessed on 21/04/2013
    • Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0