Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus perakensis Becc.

First published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 451 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Peninsula Malaysia. It is a scrambling shrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Malaya

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 5, 1988 Gianno, R. [E322] Malaysia K000784932 Yes
Jul 2, 1979 Haniff, Md.; Nur, Md. [8124] Malaysia K000784913 Yes
Nov 7, 1973 Henderson, M.R. [11248] Malaysia K000784919 Yes
Nov 7, 1973 Wyatt-Smith, J. [93119] Malaysia K000784920 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [30096] Malaysia K000784924 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [16293] Malaysia K000208113 Isotype Yes
Stone, B.C. [14147] Malaysia K000784925 Yes
Kiah; Moysey [31802] Malaysia K000784922 Yes
Dransfield, J.; Manokaran, N. [JD4600] Malaysia K000784921 Yes
Corner, E.J.H. [30097] Malaysia K000784923 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