Calamus palustris Griff.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Vietnam

• State/Province

  Ninh Binh

• County/Municipio

  Nho Quan (Distr.)

• Locality

  Cue Phuong National Park

• Elevation

  Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  20.25, 105.7

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PALMS OF VIETNAM
Vietnam. Ninh Binh Province: Nho Quan District, Cue Phuong
National Park, road near park entrance, lowland forest on limestone,
20°15’N, 105°42’E, ca. 200 m elevation. 4 May 2007.
Calamus palustris Griff.	“song ”
Stems solitary, 35 m long, 5 cm diameter with leaf sheaths. Sheaths
yellowish-green, densely covered with downward pointing,
yellowish spines; knees swollen; ocreas obscure; petioles 25 cm
long, densely spiny on upper surface; rachis 330 cm long with 32
pinnae per side, irregularly arranged and spreading in different
planes; cirrus 126 cm long. Pistillate inflorescences pendulous, not
flagellate, with 10 partial inflorescences; rachillae to 10 cm long.
A. Henderson, Bui Van Thanh, Nguyen Manh Cuong, & Vu Ba
Hung 3329
Field work carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Ecology
and Biological Resources, Hanoi, and funded by a Fulbright
Program Research Award.
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