Calamus palustris Griff.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Vietnam

• State/Province

  Lam Dong

• County/Municipio

  Lac Duong (Distr.)

• Locality

  Bi Dup - Nui Ba National Park, road from Da Lat to Dac Lac.

• Elevation

  Alt. 1200 m. (3937 ft.)

• Coordinates

  12.18, 108.37

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PALMS OF VIETNAM
Vietnam. Lam Dong Province: Lac Duong District, Bi Dup-Nui Ba
National Park, road from Da Lat to Dac Lac, montane forest,
12°11’N, 108°22’E, 1200 m elevation. 1 June 2007.
Calamus palustris Griff.
Stems clustered, 10 m long, 2 cm diameter with sheaths. Sheaths
green with whitish-brown tomentum, with scattered spines; knees
swollen; ocreas short; petioles 15 cm long; rachis 163 cm long with
20 pinnae per side, these in remote groups of 2-3 pinnae, spreading
in different planes; cirri 90 cm long. Sterile plant.
A. Henderson, Bui Van Thanh, Ton Thien An, & Duong Thanh
Tuyet 3422
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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