Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Lan Hui Sheng Teng
Common Names in English:
Calamus, Bluish-Grey Rattan Palm, Golden Cane Rattan, Rattan Palm
Common Names in German:
Spanisches Rohr, Stuhlrohr
Common Names in Indonesian:
Rotan Sega
Common Names in Informal Latinized N:
Calamus
Common Names in Malay:
Leutik (Sarawak), Rotan Sega, Rotan Sego (Sumatra), Rotan Taman (Kalimantan), Sega (Sarawak), Sika (Palawan), Taman (Kalimantan Tengah)
Common Names in Spanish:
Bengala, Caña De Bengala
Common Names in Tagalog:
Sika
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
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)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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)
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
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)
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
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)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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- Kingdom:
Plantae
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Notes
Publishing author : Blume Publication : Rumphia 3: 57
Similar Species
Members of the genus Calamus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 22 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. australis (Wait-A-While) · C. caesius (Calamus) · C. caryotoides (Fishtail Lawyer Cane) · C. ciliaris (Ciliate Rattan Palm) · C. deerratus (Calamus) · C. flabellatus (Fan-Shaped Rattan Palm) · C. javensis (Java Slender-Caned Rattan) · C. manan (Manan Rattan Palm) · C. melanoloma (Slender-Caned Rattan) · C. microcarpus (Philippines Small-Fruited Rattan) · C. moti (Yellow Lawyer Cane) · C. muelleri (Southern Lawyer Cane) · C. ornatus (Long-Spiny-Flagella Rattan Palm) · C. platyacanthos (Java Rattan) · C. platyacanthus (Chinese Rattan) · C. polystachys (Ant Rattan) · C. radicalis (Viscious Hairy Mary) · C. rotang (Rattan) · C. scipionum (Stick Rattan Palm) · C. simplicifolius (Hainan Province Rattan) · C. tetradactylus (White Rattan) · C. viminalis (Osier-Like Rattan Palm)
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Further Reading
- A bibliographic enumeration of Bornean plants, by E. D. Merrill. Singapore, Printed by Fraser & Neave, ltd., 1921 url p. 73, p. 73.
- Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1888- url , p. 105, p. 109, p. 49, p. ii.
- Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url p. 73.
- Global Biodiversity: status of the Earth's living resources WCMC url p. 351.
- Great Basin naturalist memoirs. 1992 [Provo, Utah]Brigham Young University, 1976-1992. url p. 1257.
- Materials for a flora of the Malayan peninsula, by H. N. Ridley. Singapore, Printed at the Methodist publishing house, 1907. url p. 28.
- The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific IUCN url p. 15, p. 48.
- The flora of British India /By J. D. Hooker assisted by various botanists. Published under the authority of the secretary of state for India in council. London: L. Reeve, 1875-97. url p. 456.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2670661
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-29404
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13764211
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665011-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 8371
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 506709
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 665011-1
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: CACA72
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 26921
