Calamus scipionum

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Lam. Publication : Encycl. (Lamarck) 6(1): 304 1804 [2 Oct 1804]

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. 77, p. 77.
• A manual of scientific terms, pronouncing, etymological, and explanatory, chiefly comprising terms in botany, natural history, anatomy, medicine, and veterinary science, with an appendix of specific names. Designed for the use of by Rev. James Stormonth Edinburgh, Maclachlan and Stewart, 1885 url p. 59.
• An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, Manila, Bureau of Printing, 1922-26. url p. 155.
• Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1888- url .
• Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url p. 155, p. 77.
• Catalogue of economic plants in the collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. By William Saunders. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1891. url p. 11.
• Catalogue of the economic products of the Presidency of Bombay: being a catalogue of the Government Central Museum, Division 1., Raw produce (vegetable) / compiled by Assistant Surgeon Birdwood. Bombay: Printed at the Education Society's Press, 1862. url p. 319.
• Global Biodiversity: status of the Earth's living resources WCMC url p. 351.
• Hand-book of Indian flora; being a guide to all the flowering plants hitherto described as indigenous to the continent of India. [Madras?]Trabancore Sircar Press, 1864-69. url .
• Hardwood record. Chicago: Hardwood Co., 1902-1939. url p. 37, p. 641.
• Henderson's Handbook of plants and general horticulture / By Peter Henderson. New York, P. Henderson & Co., 1910. url p. 69.
• Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 39, p. 89, p. 93.
• Official guide to the museums of economic botany. London, Printed for H.M. Stationary Off. by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. url p. 36.
• Proceedings of the Essex Institute. Salem: Essex Institute Press. url p. 2.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 30.
• Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. Edinburgh: The Society, 1858-1955 url p. 454.
• Proceedings. Salem, Mass.(1856-70) url p. 2.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 393.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 106.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 394.
• The commercial products of India: being an abridgment of The dictionary of the economic products of India / by Sir George Watt; published under the authority of His Majesty's secretary of state for India in council. London: J. Murray, 1908. url p. 201.
• 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. 448, p. 461.
• The uses of plants: a manual of economic botany with special reference to vegetable products introduced during the last fifty years / by G. S. Boulger. London: Roper & Drowley, 1889. url p. 178, p. 207.
• Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 393, p. 686, p. 838, p. 843, p. 942.

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 January 18, 2008:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5827829
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-29917
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15047878
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665412-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 8380
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 665412-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2985231

Footnotes

1. Mean = 1,297.870 meters (4,258.104 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,075.940 based on 8 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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