Calamus viminalis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Click on the language to view common names.

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Reinw. ex Mart. Publication : Nat. Hist. Palm. iii. 335. t. U. 111.

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)

More Info

• Search for Pictures: images.google.com
• Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
• Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
• Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books

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 dictionary of English names of plants applied in England and among English-speaking people to cultivated and wild plants, trees, and shrubs, by William Miller; in two parts, English-Latin and Latin-English. London, J. Murray, 1884. url p. 171.
• A manual of botany, including the structure, classification, properties, uses, and functions of plants. London, J & A. Churchill, 1887. url p. 712.
• A review of the references to the Hortus malabaricus of Henry Van Rheede Van Draakenstein [sic] Swansea: Printed at the Cambrian-Office, by Murray and Rees, 1839. url p. 68.
• Annals of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Calcutta: Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1888- url , p. 21, p. 48, p. 49, p. ii, p. viii.
• Bengal plants: a list of the phanerogams, ferns and fern-allies indigenous to, or commonly cultivated in, the Lower provinces and Chittagong, with definitions of the natural orders and genera, and keys to the genera and species. 2 1903 Calcutta: Botanical Survey of India1903. url p. 1099.
• Botanical publications of E.D. Merrill. [New York, etc., 1899- url p. 77.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1912 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 417.
• 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.
• Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 116, p. 529.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 421, p. 44, p. 504.
• Contributions to the flora of Siam [Aberdeen]Printed for the University1912- url p. 21.
• Contributions to the flora of Siam. .. / by William Grant Craib. .. [Aberdeen]: Printed for the University of Aberdeen, 1912- url p. 21.
• Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry. New York: The Garden and forest publishing co., 1888-97. url p. 288.
• 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 , .
• Hand-list of tender momocotyledons, excluding Orchideae, cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew. London, Printed for H. M. S. O., by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1897. url p. 239.
• Hand-list of tender monocotyledons, excluding Orchideae, cultivated in the Royal Gardens, Kew. 1897. LondonPrinted for H.M. Stationery Off. by Eyre and Spottiswoode1897 url p. 239.
• Harmsworth's Universal encyclopedia, written by the leading authorities in every branch of knowledge and edited by J.A. Hammerton. London, Educational Bk. Co.[n.d.] url p. 6499.
• Indian trees: an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian empire / London: A. Constable, 1906. url p. 652.
• Nicholson, G. The illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopædia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists /edited by George Nicholson; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. .. 9 1884 London: L.U. Gill, [1884]-88. url p. 449.
• Official guide to the museums of economic botany. London, Printed for H.M. Stationary Off. by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895. url p. 36.
• Pamphlets on silviculture. [1899- url p. 497.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. London, Published for the Linnean Society of London by Academic Press [etc.], 1848-1968. url , p. 150.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 288, p. 288, p. 85.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 504.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 667.
• The Illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists / edited by George Nicholson. ..; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. ... London: L. Upcott Gill; 1887-1889. url p. 235, p. 449.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url , p. 387, p. 51, p. 52, p. 54, p. 55.
• The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany. London, John van Voorst, 1844-56. url p. 830.
• The botany of Bihar and Orissa: an account of all the known indigenous plants of the province and of the most important or most commonly cultivated exotic ones / with maps and introduction by H. H. Haines. London: Printed by Adlard and sold by agents for Indian Official Publications, 1921-25. url p. 886.
• 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. 202.
• 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. 444.
• Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 394, p. 428, p. 744, p. 842, p. 843, p. 928, p. 953, p. 999.
• World Plant Conservation Bibliography WCMC, Royal Botanic Gardens url p. 632.

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 18, 2007:

• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5827833
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-30005
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15048026
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:665478-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 665478-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2845248

©2004-2012 David Stang. All rights reserved.