Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus leptopus Griff.

First published in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 73 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peninsula Thailand to Malaya. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malaya, Thailand

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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 Daemonorops leptopus.]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Daemonorops leptopus.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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?
Mar 5, 1988 Gianno, R. [E258] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000826959 Yes
Rajasegar, G.; Adrian Loo [13] Singapore Daemonorops leptopus K000667482 Yes
Ridley [11519] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000527265 Yes
Ridley [12200] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000527246 Yes
Dransfield, J.; Manokaran, N. [JD4471] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000824774 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [33093] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000826960 Yes
Tan Ah King [35] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000826961 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [30195] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000824772 Yes
Burkill, I.H.; Haniff, Md. [12788] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000826952 Yes
Rajasegar, G.; Adrian Loo [10] Singapore Daemonorops leptopus K000667480 Yes
Unknown [11519] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000527264 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000826945 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000826946 Yes
Griffith [6375] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000207663 Type Yes
Saw Leng Guan [FRI44728] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000667387 Yes
Dransfield, J.; Manokaran, N. [JD4492] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000824773 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] Malaysia Daemonorops leptopus K000207664 Isotype 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