1
<taxonx xmlns:
dc=
"http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/core/2.0" xmlns:
mods=
"http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:
xsi=
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4 <mods:titleInfo><mods:title>A Manual of the rattans of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Recirds
29.
</mods:title></mods:titleInfo>
6 <mods:namePart type=
"family">Dransfield
</mods:namePart>
7 <mods:namePart type=
"given">J.
</mods:namePart>
9 <mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued>1979</mods:dateIssued>
10 <mods:publisher>Forest Department, Ministry of Primary Industries, Malaysia
</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo>
14 <treatment rank=
"species">
16 <name>Calamus insignis Griff. var.robustus (Becc.) Dransfield
</name>
17 <author>(Becc.) Dransfield
</author>
18 <citation>Malay. Forester
41 (
1978)
342</citation>
20 <name>Calamus spathulatus var. robustus Becc.
</name>
21 <author>Becc.
</author>
22 <bibref>Becc. in Hook, f., Fl. Br. India
6 (
1893)
459</bibref>
23 <bibref>Beccari, in Ann. Roy Bot Card Calcutta
11 (
1908)
362</bibref>
24 <bibref>Furtado in Gdns. Bull. Singapore
15 (
1956)
194</bibref>
27 <div type=
"introduction"><p></p></div>
28 <div type=
"etymology"><p></p></div>
29 <div type=
"vernacular"><p></p></div>
30 <div type=
"description"><p>Differs from var. insignis in the larger size of all parts and the remarkable large upward pointing spines on the leaf sheath. Stem without sheaths to
8 mm with to
2 cm. Sheaths dull green rather densely armed with upward pointing spines to
1 cm in length, without bulbous bases. Leaf to
1.2 m long with
5 pairs of dark green leaflets, the terminal pair usually joined along Vi their length; longest leaflet to
45 cm long by
1 cm wide, cucullate, with rather fine lateral veins.
</p></div>
31 <div type=
"distribution"><p>Perak: endemic.
</p></div>
32 <div type=
"biology_ecology"><p></p></div>
33 <div type=
"conservation"><p></p></div>
34 <div type=
"uses"><p>As for C. insignis var. insignis.
</p></div>
35 <div type=
"discussion"><p>This variety which seems to be distinct, is only known from a few collections from Perak. The specimen collected by Ridley from Johore quoted by Furtado, is in my opinion a well-grown plant of C. insignis var. insignis.
</p></div>
36 <div type=
"materials_examined"><p></p></div>