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Calameae
CalameaeKunth CS ex Lecoq & Juillet (1831) ''Dictionnaire raisonne des termes de botanique'' 98. is a palm tree tribe in the subfamily Calamoideae. The type genus is ''Calamus'' and many of its members are rattans. Genera * ''Calamus'' (synonym ''Daemonorops'') * ''Calospatha'' * '' Ceratolobus'' * ''Eleiodoxa'' * ''Korthalsia'' * ''Metroxylon'' * ''Myrialepis'' * ''Pigafetta'' * '' Plectocomia'' * ''Plectocomiopsis'' * ''Pogonotium'' * ''Retispatha'' * ''Salacca'' See also Rattan Rattan, also spelled ratan, is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed-canopy old-growth tropical forests of ... References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1026217 Monocot tribes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calameae
CalameaeKunth CS ex Lecoq & Juillet (1831) ''Dictionnaire raisonne des termes de botanique'' 98. is a palm tree tribe in the subfamily Calamoideae. The type genus is ''Calamus'' and many of its members are rattans. Genera * ''Calamus'' (synonym ''Daemonorops'') * ''Calospatha'' * '' Ceratolobus'' * ''Eleiodoxa'' * ''Korthalsia'' * ''Metroxylon'' * ''Myrialepis'' * ''Pigafetta'' * '' Plectocomia'' * ''Plectocomiopsis'' * ''Pogonotium'' * ''Retispatha'' * ''Salacca'' See also Rattan Rattan, also spelled ratan, is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed-canopy old-growth tropical forests of ... References External links * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1026217 Monocot tribes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calamoideae
Calamoideae is a subfamily of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout Central America, South America, Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia and Australia. It is represented by 21 genera - containing nearly a quarter of all species in the palm family - including the largest genus, ''Calamus'', the type genus of the group. Only four are found in the New World while the rest are Old World denizens, usually found in equatorial swampland or along tropical coastlines. While the many species show marked differences, the bracts of all orders are tubular, the flowers are almost always borne in dyads or dyad derivatives, but most marked as an identifier among these palms are the overlapping scales covering the fruit; occasionally small and irregular they are, in most cases, neatly aligned in vertical rows. Also common to the group are varying forms of armament: spines along leaf margins or on sheaths, root and stem spines, reflexed rachis cirri, or specialized hooks among the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calospatha
''Calospatha'' is an extremely rare, monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in peninsular Malaysia, where it is referred to as rotan demuk. It is not common in collections, nor has it been found in the wild for several years, leading some to conclude that the species may have become extinct.Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Press. / While not specialized for the task, these dioecious palms are noted for their climbing habit. The genus name is a combination of two Greek words meaning 'beautiful' and 'spathe'. Description ''Calospatha'' plants are solitary-trunked and covered in leaf scars, which exude a yellow gum after leaf loss. The linear leaflets are pinnately arranged and once-folded with toothed margins. The petioles and rachises feature recurved spines which hook onto vegetation and assist them in climbing. The inflorescences in both species consist of close, overlapping bracts from whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigafetta
''Pigafetta'' is a genus of two palm species in the family Arecaceae. They are native to the Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, and New Guinea where they grow near rivers and in forest clearings up to 900 m in elevation. It is named for Antonio Pigafetta and is sometimes misspelled as ''Pigafettia''. Thought to contain only one species, in 1994 it was recognized to have two; '' P. elata'' and '' P. filaris'', both of which are among the fastest growing palms. Description These dioecious palms have green, solitary trunks with widely spaced leaf scar rings. The trunks grow to 45 cm in diameter and 35 m in height; the leaf crown is hemispherical, or nearly so, with 6 m pinnate leaves on robust, 2 m petioles. Petioles are armed with 6 cm spines, gold or gray in color. Inflorescences emerge from within the leaf crown, to 2 m in length, and resemble those in ''Mauritia''. The fruit ripens to a yellow-orange drupe, covered in scales and containing one seed A seed is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rattan
Rattan, also spelled ratan, is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the closed-canopy old-growth tropical forests of Southeast Asia, though they can also be found in other parts of tropical Asia and Africa. Most rattan palms are ecologically considered lianas due to their climbing habits, unlike other palm species. A few species also have tree-like or shrub-like habits. Around 20% of rattan palm species are economically important and are traditionally used in Southeast Asia in producing wickerwork furniture, baskets, canes, woven mats, cordage, and other handicrafts. Rattan canes are one of the world's most valuable non-timber forest products. Some species of rattan also have edible scaly fruit and heart of palm. Despite increasing attempts in the last 30 years at commercial cultivation, almost all rattan products still come from wild-harvested plants. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salacca
''Salacca'' is a genus of about 20 species of palms native to Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalayas. They are dioecious (with the exception of Salak Bali) and pollinated by Curculionidae beetles. They are very short-stemmed palms, with leaves up to 6–8 m long. The leaves have a spiny petiole; in most species they are pinnate with numerous leaflets, but some species, notably ''S. magnifica'', have undivided leaves. The fruit grow in clusters at the base of the plants, and are edible in many species, with a reddish-brown scaly skin covering a white pulp and one to two large inedible seeds. The Salak (''S. zalacca'') or snake fruit is the species most widely grown for its fruit; the firm white pulp has a slight acidic taste. The skin of the snakefruit has a unique texture not unlike that of a snake's skin, rough to the touch in one direction but smooth in the other. Species *'' Salacca acehensis'' Chikmawati. - Aceh *''Salacca affinis'' Griff. - Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retispatha
''Retispatha'' is a rare, monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family endemic to Borneo, where the sole species, ''Retispatha dumetosa'', is known as (dialectal: ) or 'the bear's sugar cane'. The name combines Latin and Greek words meaning 'network' and 'spathe', and the species epithet means 'bushy'.Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Press. / While classified with other rattans, they retain only superficial climbing organs; they sprawl and lean but are not true climbers. Taxonomy Despite bearing strong resemblance to members of the Plectocomiinae, in preparing illustrations for the palm survey ''Genera Palmarum'', Marion Sheehan discovered a single sterile, staminate flower among the pistillate members. The absence of such a flower previously obscured its relationship with the Calaminae, which it also closely resembles. This find, despite its rarity, seems to confirm its placement in the Calaminae s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogonotium
''Pogonotium'' was a dioecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Malaysia and Borneo. Its species are now included within the genus ''Calamus''. Its close relatives are climbing rattans and while partially armed with climbing apparatus, its habit is sprawling and leaning but not effective climbing. The reduced inflorescence nestled between the auricles is unusual and distinguishes it from similar relatives like ''Calamus'', ''Daemonorops'' and '' Ceratolobus''.Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (1987) ''Genera Palmarum - A classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore''. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. / The name is Greek meaning "bearded".Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Press. / Description The trunks are both solitary and clustering with short internodes, usually covered in spiny, persistent leaf sheaths. The pinnate leaf has a tubular sheath with whorls and scatters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plectocomiopsis
''Plectocomiopsis'' is a dioecious genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in Indochina, Malaysia, Borneo and Sumatra. Hapaxanthic and armed with spines, they are a climbing rattan, closely related to the '' Myrialepis'' palms.Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield, John (1987) ''Genera Palmarum - A classification of palms based on the work of Harold E. Moore''. Lawrence, Kansas: Allen Press. / The name is Greek for "similar to ''Plectocomia''", another close relative.Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Press. / Description The stems are small, densely clustering, spiny, and high climbing with long internodes and conspicuous scars. Young leaves are undivided or with few segments, in maturity becoming pinnate and cirrate with a tubular, unarmed or sparsely armed, scaly leaf sheath. Ocreas present, entire or becoming tattered. The petiole, when present, and the proximal end of the rachis are deeply channeled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plectocomia
''Plectocomia'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae native to China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. It contains the following known species:Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. * '' Plectocomia assamica'' Griff. - Bhutan, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Yunnan, Myanmar * '' Plectocomia billitonensis'' Becc. Odoardo Beccari (16 November 1843 – 25 October 1920) was an Italian botanist famous for his discoveries in Indonesia, particularly New Guinea, and Australia. He has been called the greatest botanist to ever study Malesia. His author abbrevi ... - Belitung * '' Plectocomia bractealis'' Becc. - Assam * '' Plectocomia dransfieldiana'' Madulid - Perak * '' Plectocomia elmeri'' Becc. - Palawan, Mindanao * '' Plectocomia elongata'' Mart. ex Blume - Indochina, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daemonorops
''Daemonorops'' was a genus of rattan palms in the family Arecaceae. Its species are now included within the genus ''Calamus''. Species found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern Asia with a few species extending into southern China and the Himalayas. ''Daemonorops'' species are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. Polysaccharides found in some ''Daemonorops'' species are known for their medicinal anticoagulant properties. Former species * ''Daemonorops acamptostachys'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops acehensis'' Rustiami – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops affinis'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops angustifolia'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops aruensis'' Becc. – Aru Islands * ''Daemonorops asteracantha'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops atra'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops aurea'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops banggiensis'' J.Dransf. – Sabah * ''Daemonorops beguinii'' Bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrialepis
''Myrialepis'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family, the single species, ''Myrialepis paradoxa'', native to Southeast Asia.Riffle, Robert L. and Craft, Paul (2003) ''An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms''. Portland: Timber Press. / The genus name is a combination of the Greek words meaning "innumerable" and "scale", a description of the fruit, and the epithet is Latin for "paradox". Description The trunks are clustering and climbing at 7 cm wide and are armed with whorls of sharp, golden spines. Reaching high into the canopy, the red to brown stems retain persistent leaf sheaths in its new growth but become bare toward the base, exposing conspicuous rings of leaf scars. Each mature leaf is comparatively large at 3 m, pinnate, and carried on armed petioles, with widely and regularly spaced, dark green leaflets. The spiny rachis extends well beyond the pinnae and is accompanied by pairs of recurved barbs adapted for climbing.Uhl, Natalie W. and Dransfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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