Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus optimus Becc.

First published in For. Borneo: 610 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Borneo. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo

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.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • J. Dransfield, The Rattans of Brunei Darussalam. 1997

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 9, 2019 Kuhnhäuser, B.; Wolf Eiserhardt, Peter Petoe, Jeremy Lihan Ding, Nichola, Vincent, Jarrett [59] Malaysia K001287362 No
Apr 14, 2005 Watanabe, N.M. [NMW40] Indonesia K000209396 No
Jan 31, 1992 Stockdale, M.J.; Stockdale, J.; Johanes; Hasri [MCS90] Indonesia K000521613 No
Jul 25, 1991 Ismawi [S44594] Malaysia K000521615 No
Oct 19, 1990 Kutuh [KP11955] Malaysia K000521608 No
Aug 20, 1987 Banyeng; Jugah [S43770] Malaysia K000521609 No
Feb 11, 1987 Sutsima [072] Indonesia K000521606 Yes
Dec 19, 1985 Auggana; Dali, Y. [IDRC049] Indonesia K000521614 No
Mar 16, 1982 Mogea, J.P. [1627] Indonesia K000521617 No
Mar 16, 1982 Mogea, J.P. [1611] Indonesia K000521603 Yes
May 17, 1981 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD6064] Malaysia K000521602 Yes
May 10, 1981 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD6044] Malaysia K000521604 Yes
Aug 19, 1980 Clemens, J.; Clemens, M.S. [27010] Malaysia K000207815 Type Yes
Aug 19, 1980 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD5312] Malaysia K000521616 No
Aug 19, 1980 Chin [2979] Malaysia K000521607 No
Aug 19, 1980 Puasa [1441] Malaysia K000521599 Yes
Aug 19, 1980 Puasa [1441] Malaysia K000521597 Yes
Aug 19, 1980 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD5727] Malaysia K000521605 Yes
Aug 19, 1980 Keynes [s.n.1] Malaysia K000521610 No
Christensen [1420] Malaysia K000521612 No
Wong, K.M.; Dransfield, J. [524] Brunei K000521601 Yes
Dransfield, J.; Boyce, P.C. [6614] Brunei K000521611 No
Mogea, J.P. [7427] Indonesia K000114245 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