Calamus compsostachys

Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs) compsostachys (komp-sos-TAHK-eez)
Guangdong, China. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs) Species: compsostachys (komp-sos-TAHK-eez)
Synonyms
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Morphology
Habit: Clustering Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
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Common names
duan zhou sheng teng (pinyin, China)

Habitat and Distribution

China (Guangdong, Guangxi). Tropical Moist Forest. Lowland rain forests.

Guangdong, China. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

Description

Stems clustered, climbing, to 10 m, to 1 cm in diam. Leaf sheaths greenish brown, with scattered, dark brown, needle-like spines to 0.5 cm; ocreas present; knees present; flagella absent; rachis to 0.7 m with 5-10 broadly lanceolate pinnae per side, these remotely clustered, apical pair free at base; middle pinnae to 25 cm, 3-3.5 cm wide at mid-point, adaxial veins and margins bristly; cirri to 0.5 m. Inflorescences to 0.6 m, not flagellate; inflorescence bracts tubular. Fruits yellowish, globose to ellipsoid, to 0.8 cm in diam. (eFloras.org)

Comments and Curiosities

Conservation: Critically Endangered. (IUCN Redlist 2004)