Calamus hoplites

Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs) hoplites (hohp-LEE-tehs)
Guangzhoi, China. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.
Scientific Classification
Genus: Calamus (KAL-ah-muhs) Species: hoplites (hohp-LEE-tehs)
Synonyms
None set.
Native Continent
Asia
Morphology
Habit: Clustering Leaf type: Pinnate
Culture
Survivability index
Common names
None.

Habitat and Distribution

China. Southeast, Hainan. Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong and other provinces.

Guangzhoi, China. Photo by Dr. John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Palmweb.

The type specimen was collected from Fujian.

Description

Erect, tufted, 2-5 meters high, or higher, 2.5-4.5 cm stem diameter, internode short section protrusion. Leaves pinnatisect, non-fiber whip, more than two meters long; pinnae majority, each slice into 2-6 groups gather in leaf axis on both sides, and point in different directions, sword-shaped linear maximum length 50 cm, 2-2.5 cm wide, the upper gradient short, in the vein of both sides and edges sparsely spinulose; rachis claw back of a solitary thorn; the back and sides with a strong petiole slightly flat 2-3 cm long black spines; sheath does not have cystic bumps, densely slightly varying lengths flat black spines. Male inflorescence 65-85 cm long, three times branching; a spathe bracts as flaky, longer than or equal inflorescence branches, tearing into the upper sheet, is shedding light brown scales blighted; each branch Approximately 7-8 small inflorescence branches, on which the students are about 7-8 small dense spikes; rachilla each side spent 18; male yellow, two dense with raw eggs shaped oval; calyx cup-shaped, the top three cracked teeth, striate veins; corolla about 2 times longer than the calyx, corolla lobes oval, striate veins; female inflorescence branching two back, 65 cm long, about six branches inflorescence ; a spathe without thorns, loose, light brown scales are cinnamon or blighted, tearing into the upper fibrous; inflorescence branches about 30 cm; small spikes 5-7 cm long, fruit in small cob on the students into four. Fruit is a little terrier-like; small case involucre care nearly discoid, involucre goblet, neutral flowers large and deep; fruit oval or oval, about 12 mm, a width of 9 mm, with conical beak scales 21 columns, yellow, central bulge, there are obvious shallow groove, top dark brown, reddish-brown fringed edges like cilia. Seeds flat hemispherical spherical or ovate, 9 mm long, 8 mm wide, slightly flattened seed lands, the central point of the cavity together with concave back slightly with flutes, endosperm uniform basal embryo. Flowering from May to June, the fruit of November. (From the Mandarin Chinese) Editing by edric.