Calamus palustris Griff.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Vietnam

• State/Province

  Ninh Thuan

• Locality

  Phuoc Binh National Park, near park headquarters

• Elevation

  Alt. 386 m. (1266 ft.)

• Coordinates

  11.9861, 108.747

• Georeferencing Method

  Corrected label coordinates. Adjusted latitude coordinates from 11°59'10"S to 11°59'10"N, which plot in the correct region.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

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PALMS OF VIETNAM
Vietnam. Ninh Thuan province: Phuoc Binh National Park, near
park headquarters, disturbed forest by ecotourism trail, 11.986N,
108.747E, 386 m elevation. 18 April 2013.
Calamus palustris Griff.	“may”
Stems clustered, 10 m long, 2.7 cm diameter with sheaths. Sheaths
mottled with almost no spines; ocreas present; knees present;
flagella absent; cirri present with approximately regularly arranged
groups of spines; petioles 20 cm long; rachis 184 cm long with 26
pinnae arranged in remote pairs or threes; pinnae blunt at the apices.
Inflorescences staminate, inserted well below the apex of the leaf
sheath, with a faint ridge above the inflorescence leading to base of
petiole.
A. Henderson & Nguyen Quoc Dung 3855
Field work carried out in collaboration with the Forest Planning and
Inventory Institute and funded by the National Geographic Society.