Calamus australis Mart.

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Arecales

  • Family

    Arecaceae

  • All Determinations

    Calamus australis Mart.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    Queensland

  • Locality

    Mount Lewis, 10 km from Mossman-Mount Molloy road.

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Palms of Australia
Australia. Queensland: Mount Lewis,
10 km from Mossman-Mount Molloy
road. 8 October 1998
BOTANICAL
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Calamus
Stem to 20 m long, 6 cm diameter with
leaf sheaths. Leaves 35; sheath
densely covered with fine brown
spines; petiole 9 cm long; rachis
8 0 cm long, not extended into a
cirrus; pinnae 23 per side,
regularly arranged and spreading
in one plane. Inflorescences
alternating with leaves; 6 or more
partial inflorescences, the apex
extending into a flagellum.
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