Arecaceae
Calamus

Calamus deerratus G.Mann & H.Wendl.

First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 24: 429 (1864)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Senegal to Uganda and NW. Angola. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 3: 1-89. ORSTOM, Bangui.
  • Catarino, L., Martins, E.S., Diniz, M.A. & Pinto-Basto, M.F. (2006). Check-list da flora vascular do parque natural das Lagos de Cufada (Guiné-Bissau). Garcia de Orta, Série de Botânica 17: 97-141.
  • Couvreur, T.L.P. & Sunderland, T.C.H. (2022). Flore du Cameroun 44: 1-138. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Palmweb - Palms of the World Online

  • T.C.H Sunderland, A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) in Phytotaxa 51. 2012

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Berhaut, Fl. Sén. 211.
  • Chev. Bot. 673
  • F.T.A. 8: 108
  • in Trans. Linn. Soc. 24: 429, t. 41 (1864)

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  • Sunderland, T.C.H. (2012). A taxonomic revision of the rattans of Africa (Arecaceae: Calamoideae). Phytotaxa 51: 1-76.
  • Thiombiano, A., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Ouédraogo, A., Hahn, K. & Zizka, G. (2012). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Burkina Faso. Boissiera 65: 1-391.
  • Timberlake, J.R. & Martins, E.S. (eds.) (2010). Flora Zambesiaca 13(2): 1-83. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Becc. in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calc. 11 (1): 151 (1908).
  • C.H. Wright in Flora of Tropical Africa 8: 108 (1901).
  • F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 302 (1956).
  • G. Mann & H. Wendl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. 24: 429, t. 41 (1864).
  • T.A. Russell in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 166 (1968).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2012 Cheek, M.; Soumah, A.; Molmou, D.; Kpowalamou, L.; Weech, M.H. [16200] K000707141 No
Apr 1, 2012 Haba, P.K.; Couch, C.; Challlen, G.; Doumbouya, S.; Dr. Bangoura; Ousmane Camara [963] K000707139 No
Apr 1, 2012 Cheek, M.; Molmou, D.; Kpowala, L.; Weech, M.H. [16307] K000707140 No
Jun 22, 2006 Cheek, M.; Victor; Martin [11655] Cameroon K000209120 No
May 26, 1999 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Oteng-Amoako, A.A. [2262] Ghana K000521244 No
Nov 16, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H. [1754] Cameroon K:SPC-64232.000 No
Nov 16, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum; Mukete Wilfred [1754] Cameroon K000521260 No
Sep 9, 1997 Sunderland, T.C.H.; Dinga Njingum; Anacletus Koufani [1864] Cameroon K000521259 No
Aug 16, 1984 Hepper; Maley, J. [8177] Cote d'Ivoire K000521247 No
Aug 16, 1984 Hepper; Maley, J. [8041] Cote d'Ivoire K000521237 No
Feb 2, 1984 Lowe [4353] Nigeria K000521246 No
Aug 23, 1982 Starin [136] Gambia, The K000521249 No
Aug 4, 1980 Starin [28] Gambia, The K000521248 No
Mar 26, 1980 Chapman [5423] Nigeria K000521236 No
Mar 26, 1980 Chapman [5010] Nigeria K000521235 No
Jun 16, 1975 Dummer [2650] Uganda K000522439 Yes
Jun 16, 1975 Klaine [3246] Gabon K000521252 No
Jan 28, 1975 Andrews [1291] Sudan K000521266 Yes
Thomas [2753] Sierra Leone K000521211 Yes
Gledhill [923] Nigeria K000521243 No
Myers, J.G. [6757] Sudan K000521264 Yes
Allison, P.A. [FHI6994] Nigeria K000521241 No
Mann, G. [895] Sierra Leone K000521238 Type No
Vongbaluma, I. [s.n.] Zambia K:SPC-29047.738 No
Ingram [s.n.] Gambia, The K000522434 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI28091] Nigeria K000521222 No
Myers, J.G. [11334] Sudan K000521262 Yes
Chipp [127] Ghana K000521231 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI28091] Nigeria K000521224 No
Meijer [15220] Cameroon K000521257 No
Johnson [242] Ghana K000522426 Yes
Schweinfurth, G. [2860] K000462871 Type Yes
Barter [110] Nigeria K000522436 Yes
Vigne [1868] Ghana K000521214 Yes
Tomlinson [s.n.] Ghana K000521218 Yes
Ayewoh [3854] Nigeria K000521250 No
Mann, G. [2147] Cameroon K000462879 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [2147] Cameroon K000462876 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [2147] Cameroon K000462878 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [2147] Cameroon K000462875 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [2147] Cameroon K000462877 Unknown Type Material Yes
Allison, P.A. [FHI6994] Nigeria K000521240 No
Linder [1078] Liberia K000521203 Yes
Tuley [846] Nigeria K000521268 No
Allison, P.A. [FHI6994] Nigeria K000521239 No
Deighton, J.C. [2592] Sierra Leone K000522427 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [2592] Sierra Leone K000522428 Yes
Small [455] Sierra Leone K000521206 Yes
Vigne [1868] Ghana K000521213 Yes
Imp. Inst. Nigeria [347] Nigeria K000521242 No
Leeuwenberg [2882] Cote d'Ivoire K000521200 No
Dunstan [s.n.] Nigeria K000521233 Yes
Hall [2846] Ghana K000521251 No
Chipp [127] Ghana K000521230 Yes
Da Giau, S.; Ouattara, D. [24] K000501597 No
Linder [1116] Liberia K000521220 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [2592a] Sierra Leone K000522437 Yes
Leonard [832] K000521267 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI28091] Nigeria K000521223 No
Da Giau, S.; Ouattara, D. [18] K000501596 No
Keay, R.W.J. [FHI28091] Nigeria K000521225 No
Whyte [s.n.] Liberia K000521221 Yes
Tuley [846] Nigeria K000521269 Yes
Johnson [242] Ghana K000462880 Holotype Yes
Deighton, J.C. [3] Nigeria K000522432 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [3] Nigeria K000522433 Yes
Fay [4381] Central African Republic K000521255 No
Dransfield, J. [6999] Cameroon K000521258 No
Small [455] Sierra Leone K000521208 Yes
Dunstan [s.n.] Nigeria K000521234 Yes
Small [455] Sierra Leone K000521205 Yes
Oldeman [589] Cote d'Ivoire K000521202 Yes
Linder [1226] Liberia K000521204 Yes
Thomas [2753] Sierra Leone K000521212 Yes
Small [455] Sierra Leone K000521207 Yes
Leeuwenberg [2882] Cote d'Ivoire K000521198 Yes
Tsiforkor, B. [s.n.] Ghana K000114464 No
Myers, J.G. [11334] Sudan K000521261 Yes
Mann, G. [895] Sierra Leone K000462873 Isotype Yes
Mann, G. [895] Sierra Leone K000462872 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mann, G. [895] Sierra Leone K000462874 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vigne [1868] Ghana K000521215 Yes
Louis [15541] Congo, Republic of the K000521256 No
Mistrav [9548] Cameroon K000521253 No
Holman-Bentley [s.n.] Unknown K000462293 Yes
Tomlinson [s.n.] Ghana K000521217 Yes
Dransfield, J. [7000] Cameroon K000521254 No
Oldeman [589] Cote d'Ivoire K000521201 Yes
Deighton, J.C. [4] Nigeria K000522431 Yes
Tomlinson [s.n.] Ghana K000521216 Yes
Unwin [223] Nigeria K000522430 Yes
Leeuwenberg [2882] Cote d'Ivoire K000521199 Yes
Chipp [127] Ghana K000521232 Yes
Aufsess, E. [424] Benin K000521245 No
Deighton, J.C. [1847] Sierra Leone K000521209 Yes
Ory [216] Guinea K000525531 Yes
Chillou [1905] Guinea K000525530 Yes
Linder [1116] Liberia K000521219 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [4738] Sierra Leone K000522435 No
Vongkaluang, I. [s.n.] Zambia K000462258 No
Deighton, J.C. [1847] Sierra Leone K000521210 Yes
Myers, J.G. [6757] Sudan K000521265 Yes
Scott Elliot, G.F. [5121] Sierra Leone K000522429 Yes
Myers, J.G. [11334] Sudan K000521263 Yes
Cummins [128] Ghana K000521229 Yes
Hall [2846] Ghana K000521226 No
Hall [2846] Ghana K000521227 No
Hall [2846] Ghana K000521228 No
Heudelot [372] Senegal Calamus heudelotii K000462881 Isotype Yes

Sources

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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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