Calameae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Arecales

Familia: Arecaceae
Subfamilia: Calamoideae
Tribus: Calameae
Subtribus: Calaminae – Korthalsiinae – Metroxylinae – Pigafettinae – Plectocomiinae – Salaccinae
Paleogenera: †Calamoides – †Lepidocaryopsis

Name

Calameae Kunth ex Lecoq & Juillet Dictionnaire raisonne des termes de botanique 98. (1831)

Type genus: Calamus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 325 (1753)

References

Baker, W.J., Dransfield, J. & Hedderson, T.A. 2000. Phylogeny, character evolution, and a new classification of the calamoid palms. Systematic Botany 25(2): 297-322. DOI: 10.2307/2666644 PDF from ResearchGate Reference page.
Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., Asmussen, C.B., Baker, W.J., Harley, M.M. & Lewis, C.E. 2005. A New Phylogenetic Classification of the Palm Family, Arecaceae. Kew Bulletin 60 (4): 559–569. JSTOR Stable PDF. Reference page.
Dransfield, J., Uhl, N.W., Asmussen, C.B., Baker, W.J., Harley, M.M. & Lewis, C.E. 2008. Genera palmarum: The Evolution and Classification of Palms. Kew Publishing: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 9781842461822 Reference page.
Hartwich, S.J. et al. 2010. Calamoid fossil palm leaves and fruits (Arecaceae: Calamoideae) from Late Eocene Southland, New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany 23: 131–140. DOI: 10.1071/SB09027
Tropicos.org 2015. Calameae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Oct. 4.

Vernacular names
English: Rattan

Calameae[1] is a palm tree tribe in the subfamily Calamoideae. The type genus is Calamus and many of its members are rattans.
Genera

Calamus (synonym Daemonorops)
Calospatha
Ceratolobus
Eleiodoxa
Korthalsia
Metroxylon
Myrialepis
Pigafetta
Plectocomia
Plectocomiopsis
Pogonotium
Retispatha
Salacca

References

Kunth CS ex Lecoq & Juillet (1831) Dictionnaire raisonne des termes de botanique 98.