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Calamoideae

Fri, 2014-09-19 21:43 -- Thomas Couvreur

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Calamoideae:

The Calamoideae are a subfamily of the family Arecaceae containing 21 genera and about 620 species which are distributed world wide.^[1]

Classification[edit]

The Calamoideae are divided into three tribes:^[2]

Tribe Calameae (Rattan)
- Subtribe Calaminae
  - Calamus
  - Daemonorops
- Subtribe Korthalsiinae
  - Korthalsia
- Subtribe Metroxylinae
  - Metroxylon
- Subtribe Pigafettinae
  - Pigafetta
- Subtribe Plectocomiinae
  - Plectocomia
- Subtribe Salaccinae
  - Salacca
Tribe Eugeissoneae
- - Eugeissona
Tribe Lepidocaryeae
- Subtribe Ancistrophyllinae
- Subtribe Mauritiinae
  - Lepidocaryum
  - Mauritia

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b John Leslie Dowe. Australian Palms: Biogeography, Ecology and Systematics. p. 55. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Plantae/Calamoideae_Subfamily.asp

Further reading[edit]

Molecular Phylogenetics of Subfamily Calamoideae (Palmae) Based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA rps16 Intron Sequence Data

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