Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus insignis Griff.

First published in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 59 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peninsula Thailand to Sumatera. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 10, 1989 Kerr, A.F.G. [15534] Thailand K000785881 No
Mar 5, 1988 Gianno, R. [E143] Malaysia K000784702 Yes
Jul 2, 1979 Dransfield, J. [JD4535] Malaysia K000784690 Yes
Jul 2, 1979 Dransfield, J.; Manokaran, N. [JD4577] Malaysia K000784692 Yes
Jul 2, 1979 Lobb [s.n.] Malaysia K000784686 Yes
Jul 2, 1979 Lobb [s.n.] Malaysia K000784685 Yes
Feb 7, 1979 Kunstler, H. [7136] Malaysia K000207743 Type Yes
Apr 7, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5181] Malaysia K000784687 Yes
Apr 7, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5099] Malaysia K000784698 Yes
Apr 7, 1978 Dransfield, J.; Fong, F.W. [JD5052] Malaysia K000784688 Yes
Apr 7, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5405] Malaysia K000784700 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [12201] Malaysia K000527453 Yes
Saw Leng Guan [FRI44989] Malaysia K000525895 Yes
IDRC Rattan Project [s.n.] Thailand K000785876 No
Saw, L.G.; Lesmy Tipot; Mustapa Datah [FRI37411] Malaysia K000784712 Yes
Rajasegar, G.; Adrian Loo [23] Singapore K000667492 Yes
Gianno, R. [A518] Malaysia K000784695 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Malaysia K000207742 Isotype Yes
Saw Leng Guan [FRI44809] Malaysia K000667371 Yes
Griffith [8] Malaysia K000207741 Type Yes
Gianno, R. [E39] Malaysia K000784689 Yes
Gianno, R. [E82] Malaysia K000784693 Yes
Kunstler, H. [7136] Malaysia K000208108 Type Yes
Barfod, A.; Ueachirakan, W. [41343] Thailand K000785879 No
Gianno, R. [A589] Malaysia K000784696 Yes
Dransfield, J.; Chan, Y.C. [JD4972] Malaysia K000784694 Yes
Gianno, R. [A584] Malaysia K000784697 Yes
Gianno, R. [E118] Malaysia K000784691 Yes
May 4, 1978 Dransfield, J.; Manokaran, N. [JD4483] Malaysia Calamus insignis var. robustus K000784710 Yes
Apr 7, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5370] Malaysia Calamus insignis var. robustus K000784711 Yes
Apr 7, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5108] Malaysia Calamus insignis var. robustus K000784709 Yes
Dransfield, J.; Bhoonab, C. [JD5442] Thailand Calamus insignis var. robustus K000785877 No
Niyomdham; et al. [1035] Thailand Calamus insignis var. robustus K000785882 No
Dransfield, J.; Bhoonab, C. [JD5436] Thailand Calamus insignis var. robustus K000785878 No

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