Biology:Calamus manan

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Calamus manan
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Calamus
Species:
C. manan
Binomial name
Calamus manan
Miq.
Synonyms[1]
  • Calamus giganteus Becc.
  • Palmijuncus manan (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Rotang manan (Miq.) Baill.

Calamus manan, the manau rattan or rotan manau, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.[1][2] A vine, its single stem is widely harvested from the wild for cane furniture-making, leading to an unsustainable population decline.[3] One unbranched stem at Buitenzorg (now Bogor Botanical Gardens), was carefully measured to a length of 787 feet (240 meters).[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Calamus manan Miq." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/665221-1. 
  2. "Calamus manan (CLUMA)". European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2023. https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/CLUMA. 
  3. Kusuma, Yayan Wahyu C.; Dodo; Hendrian, R. (2011). "Propagation and transplanting of manau rattan Calamus manan in Bukit Duabelas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia". Conservation Evidence 8: 19–25. https://conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/2340. Retrieved 29 August 2023. 
  4. Paul W. Richards "Tropical Rain Forest" (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1952 edit.) p. 102 Quoting: M. Treub, in "Annales des Jardin Botanique Buitenzorg" (1883) p. 175.

Wikidata ☰ Q15460145 entry