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<mods:titleInfo><mods:title>A Synopsis of the Rattans (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) of Laos and Neighbouring Parts of Indochina</mods:title></mods:titleInfo>

<mods:name>

<mods:namePart type="family">Evans</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="given">T.</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="family">Sengdala</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="given">K.</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="family">Thammavong</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="given">B.</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="family">Viengkham</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="given">O.V.</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="family">Dransfield</mods:namePart>

<mods:namePart type="given">J.</mods:namePart>

</mods:name>

<mods:originInfo>

<mods:dateIssued>2002</mods:dateIssued>

<mods:publisher>Kew Bulletin, Vol. 57, No. 1 (2002), pp. 1-84</mods:publisher>

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<treatment rank="species">

<nomenclature>

<name>Calamus obovoideus</name>

<author>S. J. Pei &amp; S. Y Chen</author> 

<citation>Acta Phytotax. Sin. 27 (2): 142 (1989)</citation>

<bibref>Evans et al., Rattans Lao PDR: 63 (2001)</bibref>

<type>China, Yunnan, Jinghong, Damenglong; S. Y Chen &amp; S. Q. Tong; 620</type>

<type_loc>Holotype KUN</type_loc>

</nomenclature>

<div type="distribution"><p>Indochinese endemic, known only from the type locality, where it is rarely found (Chen Sanyang, pers. comm. 1999).</p></div>

<div type="materials_examined"><p>None.</p></div>

<div type="biology_ecology"><p>Evergreen forest at 1600 m.</p></div>

<div type="discussion"><p>The fruits of this species are believed to be its best distinguishing feature and also the rachis is reported to lack spines abaxially. The presence or absence of spines on the knee is unlikely to be a reliable character (contra Wang 1997) since in closely related species this is a highly variable character even along a single stem.</p></div>

<div type="vernacular"><p>None recorded.</p></div>

<div type="uses"><p>None recorded.</p></div>

<div type="conservation"><p>Of high concern since it is known from only one site. At present this site is carefully managed for the rattans it contains (Chen Sanyang, pers. comm. 1999).</p></div>

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