Calamus

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Gulf

• Locality

  Kikori District. Bank of Kikori River near to Kopi, 13 km N of Kikori

• Elevation

  Alt. 40 m. (131 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.32117, 144.183

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  500

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the collector provided coordinates.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Flora of Papua New Guinea
Calamus
Det.: W.J. Baker 19/11/00
Papua New Guinea
Gulf
Kikori District
Bank of Kikori River near to Kopi, 13km N of Kikori
S 7° 19* 16.2" E 144° 11' 0.1" Alt: 40 m
Disturbed lowland tropical rainforest on alluvium at
river margin. Karst limestone.
Clustering, moderately robust rattan climbing to
c.10m. Internode 36cm. Sheath dark green with
numerous fine brown spines. Flagellum 180cm. Leaf
100cm including 22cm petiole. Leaflets 11 each side
of rachis, arranged in divaricate, widely spaced pairs.
Inflorescence broken, with only 2 partial
inflorescences present. Fruit spherical, 1.5cm diam.,
chestnut brown.
Vernacular:
Dialect:
BOTANICAL
Nsy YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02689001
Baker, W.J. 1094	19.11.2000
With Roy Banka, Kathleen King, Olo Gebia
Duplicates: K, LAE, AAU, NY, BRI
PALMS OF NEW GUINEA PROJECT COLLABORATIVE FIELDWORK
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW
PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LAE
02689001