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Calamus (rattan)

Angiospermae - Arecaceae

Taxonomy
Calamus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Calamus rotang.

It was assigned to Arecales by Bromhead (1840); to Calameae by Chandler (1962) and Chandler (1963); to Arecaceae by Chauhan (1991); and to Lepidocaryoideae by Mai (2000).

Species
C. daemonorops, C. rotang (type species), C. tenuis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Calamus Linnaeus
1840Calamus Bromhead
1962Calamus Chandler p. 55
1963Calamus Chandler p. 70
1991Calamus Chauhan
2000Calamus Mai p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—Monocots
familyArecaceaevon Berchtold and Presl 1820
genusCalamus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Calamus Linnaeus 1753 [rattan]
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†Calamus daemonorops Unger 1860
Calamus rotang Linnaeus 1753
Calamus tenuis Roxburgh 1832
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Calamus daemonorops (23398)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Calamus daemonorops (24106 24107)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Calamus daemonorops (24109)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03United Kingdom (England) Calamus daemonorops (27665)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Germany (Saxony) Calamus daemonorops (24922)
Rupelian - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Brandenburg) Calamus daemonorops (24314)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Bayern) Calamus daemonorops (28280 28281 28282 28283)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Calamus sp. (168822 168888 168890 168891 168892)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Assam) Calamus sp. (228813 228814)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Uttarakhand) Calamus tenuis (228809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Calamus sp. (168755 168756)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Calamus sp. (168937)