Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Yellow Lawyer Cane
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 15-20' tall.
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 44 meters (143 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial to Full Shade.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : F.M.Bailey Publication : Bull . Dept. Agric. Queensl. xiii. 13.
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
- The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1901- url p. 174, p. 178, p. 84.
- The Queensland flora: Queensland, Printed by H. J. Diddams & co., 1899-1902. url .
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 04, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10511542
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-29736
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15047576
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665266-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 123926-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 723538
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 129.490 based on 9 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
