Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus sarawakensis Becc.

First published in Rec. Bot. Surv. India 2: 208 (1902)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. & W. Borneo. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Borneo

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 3, 2010 Rantai; Lai [S.74558] Malaysia K000667087 Yes
Feb 26, 2001 Andersen, J.; Edward Aliman [205] Malaysia K000114138 Yes
Oct 27, 1993 Ambriansyah; Arfin [AA298] Indonesia K000521322 Yes
Feb 23, 1993 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD5883] Malaysia K000521318 Yes
Nov 30, 1992 Awa [S50947] Malaysia K000521312 Yes
Feb 23, 1985 Dransfield, J.; Manokaran [JD5122] Malaysia K000521313 Yes
Feb 23, 1983 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD4640] Malaysia K000521324 Yes
Feb 23, 1983 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD6043] Malaysia K000521314 Yes
Feb 23, 1983 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD6042] Malaysia K000521316 Yes
Feb 23, 1983 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD5873] Malaysia K000521320 Yes
Feb 23, 1983 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD5629] Malaysia K000521311 Yes
Feb 23, 1983 Hewitt [s.n.] Malaysia K000521309 Yes
Aug 22, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5337] Malaysia K000521315 Yes
Aug 22, 1978 Dransfield, J. [JD5334] Malaysia K000521323 Yes
Aug 15, 1975 Dransfield, J.; et al. [JD4734] Malaysia K000521325 Yes
Christensen [1320] Malaysia K000521317 Yes
Stockdale, M. [205] Indonesia K000521321 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [12406] Borneo K000208129 Type Yes
Bernstein, J. [337] Brunei K000521326 Yes
Stockdale, M. [200] Indonesia K000521319 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [12406] Borneo K000208128 Holotype 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