Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus inermis T.Anderson

First published in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 11 (1869)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Assam to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

Introduced into:

China Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Calamus latifolius.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Calamus latifolius.]
  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford. [Cited as Calamus nambariensis.]
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Calamus nambariensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Henderson, A. (2009). Palms of Southern Asia: 1-197. Princeton university press, Princeton and Oxford.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 2000 Oulathong [201], Laos Calamus platyacanthus K000114543 No
Balansa, B. [4360], Vietnam Calamus platyacanthus K000208121 isotype Yes
Apr 20, 2006 Ban, N.K. [PA142], Vietnam Calamus platyacanthoides K000208963 No
Henderson, A. [3467], Vietnam Calamus platyacanthoides K000526523 No
Jun 18, 2008 Barfod, A. [717], Thailand Calamus wailong K000526369 No
Apr 20, 2006 Henderson et al. [3179], Myanmar Calamus wailong K000208543 No
Feb 1, 1999 Oulathong [213], Laos Calamus wailong K000114553 No
Khamphone [372], Laos Calamus wailong K000114567 No
Mann, G. [s.n.], India Calamus khasianus K000522420 isotype Yes
Mann, G. [s.n.], India Calamus khasianus K000521927 isotype Yes
Mann, G. [s.n.], India Calamus khasianus K000521926 isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2000 Mann [s.n.], India Calamus nambariensis K000522016 isotype Yes
Oulathong [232], Laos Calamus nambariensis K000114555 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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