Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus zeylanicus Becc.

First published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 5: 466 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Sri Lanka. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Sri Lanka

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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Walher [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000707700 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000697985 Holotype Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000697984 Unknown Type Material Yes
Unknown [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000707701 Yes
New Collector [NZ32] Sri Lanka K000707703 Yes
Da Zoya [DZ34] India K000707699 Yes
New Collector [NZ31] Sri Lanka K000707702 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000697986 Type Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K [s.n.] Sri Lanka K000697983 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • 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