''Daemonorops'' was a genus of

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palms in the family

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. Its species are now included within the genus '' Calamus''. Species now placed in ''Daemonorops'' are

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, with male and female flowers on separate individuals. They are found primarily in the tropics and subtropics of southeastern

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with a few species extending into southern

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and the

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s found in some former ''Daemonorops'' species are known for their medicinal

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properties. The resin of ''Daemonorops draco'' is known to contain a bitter-masking compound.

Former species

Former species include: * ''Daemonorops acamptostachys'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops acehensis'' Rustiami – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops affinis'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops angustifolia'' ( Griff.)

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– Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops aruensis'' Becc. – Aru Islands * ''Daemonorops asteracantha'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops atra'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops aurea'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops banggiensis'' J.Dransf. – Sabah * ''Daemonorops beguinii'' Burret – Maluku * ''Daemonorops binnendijkii'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops brachystachys'' Furtado – Sumatra, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops brevicaulis'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops calapparia'' (

) Blume – Maluku * ''Daemonorops calicarpa'' ( Griff.)

– Sumatra, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops clemensiana'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops collarifera'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops confusa'' Furtado – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops crinita'' Blume – Sumatra, Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops cristata'' Becc. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops curranii'' Becc. – Palawan * ''Daemonorops depressiuscula'' ( Miq. ex H.Wendl.) Becc . – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops didymophylla'' Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops draco'' (Willd.) Blume, dragon's blood palm – Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra. Synonymous with ''Calamus draco'' Willd. * ''Daemonorops dracuncula'' Ridl. – Mentawai * ''Daemonorops dransfieldii'' Rustiami – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops elongata'' Blume – Borneo * ''Daemonorops fissa'' Blume – Borneo * ''Daemonorops fissilis'' (A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung) A.J.Hend. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops forbesii'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops formicaria'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops geniculata'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops gracilipes'' (Miq.) Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops gracilis'' Becc. – Palawan * ''Daemonorops grandis'' ( Griff.)

– Thailand, Malaysia = ''Calamus grandis'' * ''Daemonorops hirsuta'' Blume – Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops horrida'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops ingens'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Calamus jenkinsianus, Daemonorops jenkinsiana'' (Griff.) Mart. – Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam * ''Daemonorops korthalsii'' Blume – Borneo * ''Daemonorops kunstleri'' Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops kurziana'' Hook.f. ex Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia, Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops lamprolepis'' Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops leptopus'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops lewisiana'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops loheriana'' Becc. – Philippines * ''Daemonorops longipes'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo * ''Daemonorops longispatha'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops longispinosa'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops longistipes'' Burret – Sabah, Sarawak * ''Daemonorops macrophylla'' Becc. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops macroptera'' (Miq.) Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops maculata'' J.Dransf. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops manii'' Becc. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops megalocarpa'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops melanochaetes'' Blume – Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java * ''Daemonorops micracantha'' (Griff.) Becc. – Malaysia, Borneo * ''Daemonorops microcarpa'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops microstachys'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops mirabilis'' (

) Mart. – Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops mogeana'' Rustiami – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops mollis'' (Blanco) Merr. – Philippines * ''Daemonorops mollispina'' J.Dransf. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops monticola'' (Griff.) Mart. – Thailand, Malaysia * ''Daemonorops nigra'' (Willd.) Blume – Maluku * ''Daemonorops nuichuaensis'' (A.J.Hend., N.K.Ban & N.Q.Dung) A.J.Hend. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops oblata'' J.Dransf. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops oblonga'' (Reinw. ex Blume) Blume – Java * ''Daemonorops ochrolepis'' Becc. – Philippines * ''Daemonorops ocreata'' A.J.Hend. & N.Q.Dung – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops oligolepis'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops oligophylla'' Becc. – Perak * ''Daemonorops oxycarpa'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops pachyrostris'' Becc. – Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops palembanica'' Blume – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops pannosa'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops pedicellaris'' Becc. – Leyte, Mindanao * ''Daemonorops periacantha'' Miq. – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo * ''Daemonorops plagiocycla'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops poilanei'' J.Dransf. – Vietnam * ''Daemonorops polita''

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– Mindanao * ''Daemonorops pumila'' Van Valk. – Kalimantan * ''Daemonorops rarispinosa'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands * ''Daemonorops riedeliana'' (Miq.) Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops robusta'' Warb. ex Becc. – Sulawesi, Maluku * ''Daemonorops rubra'' (Reinw. ex Mart.) Blume – Java * ''Daemonorops ruptilis'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops sabut'' Becc. – Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand * ''Daemonorops sarasinorum'' Warb. ex Becc. – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops scapigera'' Becc. – Johor, Borneo, Natuna Islands, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops schlechteri'' Burret – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops sekundurensis'' Rustiami & Zumaidar – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops sepal'' Becc. – Malaysia, Thailand * ''Daemonorops serpentina'' J.Dransf. – Sabah * ''Daemonorops siberutensis'' Rustiami – Siberut * ''Daemonorops singalana'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops sparsiflora'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops spectabilis'' Becc. – Borneo * ''Daemonorops stenophylla'' Becc. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops takanensis'' Rustiami – Sulawesi * ''Daemonorops treubiana'' Becc. – described 1911 from material collected in unknown location; probably extinct * ''Daemonorops trichroa'' Miq. – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops unijuga'' J.Dransf. – Sarawak * ''Daemonorops urdanetana'' Becc. – Mindanao * ''Daemonorops uschdraweitiana'' Burret – Sumatra * ''Daemonorops verticillaris'' (Griff.) Mart. – Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra * ''Daemonorops wrightmyoensis'' Renuka & Vijayak. – Andaman Islands

References

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