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Calamus melanoloma

(Slender-Caned Rattan)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Slender-Caned Rattan

Common Names in Malay:

Penjalin Cacing (Bali), Rotan Cacing

Taxonomy

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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
        Subclass: Arecidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Arecanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Arecales () - Bromhead, 1840
        Family: Palmae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
        Subfamily: Calamoideae ()
        Tribe: Calameae ()
        Subtribe: Calaminae ()
        Genus: Calamus () - C. Linnaeus, 1753
        Subgenus: nom ()
        Specific epithet: melanoloma - Mart.
        Botanical name: - Calamus melanoloma Mart.

Notes

Publishing author : Mart. Publication : Hist. Nat. Palm. iii. 209, 339. t. 116. f. 3.

Similar Species

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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

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1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 730.
Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. 11 1908 Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1888- url p. 471, p. 63, p. iv, p. v.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10511522
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-29702
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15047521
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665242-1
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 665242-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2983125

Last Revised: 7/19/2012