Calamus posoanus
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Filed As
Arecaceae
Calamus posoanus -
Identifiers
NY Barcode: 3698063
Occurrence ID: dd0ae88b-bac4-4bd4-b45f-a713dc562ddf
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Arecales
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Family
Arecaceae
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All Determinations
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Distribution
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN PALMS OF SULAWESI Indonesia. Sulawesi Tengah: Poso Regency, road from Tambing Lake to Sedoa, undisturbed forest on steep slope, 01°19.834’S, 120°19.339’E, 1640 m elevation. 15 November 2017. Calamus posoanus Rustiami Stems apparently solitary, at least 25 m long, 2.2 cm diameter. Sheaths densely spiny with close, partial rows of horizontal, brown, needle-like spines; petioles 17 cm long; rachises 90 cm long; pinnae 8-9 per side of rachis, regularly and distantly arranged along the rachis, not spinulose, not reduced at rachis apex; cirri spines in regular groups. Inflorescences 160 cm long, inserted near knee, ending in a short, straight structure 10 cm long; rachis bracts without spines, brown tomentose; fruits globose, white. A. Henderson, Sahlan & Semuel Torokano 4322 Fieldwork carried out in collaboration with Tadulako University and funded by a Fulbright Scholar Award. 03698063
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Calamus posoanus