Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus leptospadix Griff.

First published in Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 49 (1844)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Nepal to N. Myanmar. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal

Synonyms

Homotypic 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.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

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

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?
Feb 1, 1992 Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E51] India K000521985 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E53] India K000521988 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Gamble [6666A] India K000521986 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Gamble [2974A] India K000521980 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Thompson [s.n.E49] India K000521990 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Dr Treutler [s.n.E50] India K000521989 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Gamble [6666B] India K000521982 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 unknown [2407A] India K000521981 Yes
Feb 1, 1992 Thompson [s.n.E52] India K000521987 Yes
Jul 2, 1983 Grierson; Long, D.G. [3644] India K000527107 Yes
Jul 2, 1983 Grierson; Long, D.G. [3510] India K000527109 Yes
Jul 2, 1983 Grierson; Long, D.G. [3528] India K000527106 Yes
Jul 2, 1983 Grierson; Long, D.G. [3971] India K000527108 Yes
Watt, G. [7459] India K000522421 Yes
unknown [s.n.E57] India K000521995 Yes
Griffith [s.n.] India K000521991 Type Yes
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E55] India K000521994 Yes
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E54] India K000521992 Yes
Cooke, A. [163] India K000521984 Yes
Cooke, A. [163] India K000521983 Yes
Hooker and Thompson [s.n.E56] India K000521993 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