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<taxonx xmlns:dc="http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/core/2.0" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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<taxonxHeader>
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<mods:mods>
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<mods:titleInfo><mods:title>A Manual of the rattans of the Malay Peninsula. Malayan Forest Recirds 29.</mods:title></mods:titleInfo>
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<mods:name>
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<mods:namePart type="family">Dransfield</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart type="given">J.</mods:namePart>
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</mods:name>
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<mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued>1979</mods:dateIssued>
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<mods:publisher>Forest Department, Ministry of Primary Industries, Malaysia</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo>
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<treatment rank="species">
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<nomenclature>
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<name>Calamus insignis Griff. var.robustus (Becc.) Dransfield</name>
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<author>(Becc.) Dransfield</author>
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<citation>Malay. Forester 41 (1978) 342</citation>
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<synonymy>
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<name>Calamus spathulatus var. robustus Becc.</name>
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<author>Becc.</author>
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<bibref>Becc. in Hook, f., Fl. Br. India 6 (1893) 459</bibref>
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<bibref>Beccari, in Ann. Roy Bot Card Calcutta 11 (1908) 362</bibref>
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<bibref>Furtado in Gdns. Bull. Singapore 15 (1956) 194</bibref>
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</synonymy>
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</nomenclature>
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<div type="introduction"><p></p></div>
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<div type="etymology"><p></p></div>
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<div type="vernacular"><p></p></div>
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<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>
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<div type="distribution"><p>Perak: endemic.</p></div>
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<div type="biology_ecology"><p></p></div>
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<div type="conservation"><p></p></div>
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<div type="uses"><p>As for C. insignis var. insignis.</p></div>
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<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>
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</treatment>
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