Calameae
[Kunth CS ex Lecoq & Juillet (1831) ''Dictionnaire raisonne des termes de botanique'' 98.] is a palm tree tribe in the subfamily
Calamoideae
Calamoideae is a subfamily of flowering plant in the palm family found throughout Central America, South America, Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia and Australia. It is represented by 21 genera - containing nearly a quarter of all species i ...
. The type genus is ''
Calamus'' and many of its members are
rattan
Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay language, Malay: ''rotan''), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the clos ...
s.
Genera
* ''
Calamus''
* ''Calospatha'' (synonym of ''Calamus''
)
* ''Ceratolobus'' (synonym of ''Calamus''
[)
* ''Daemonorops'' (synonym of ''Calamus''][)
* '' Eleiodoxa''
* '' Korthalsia''
* '' Metroxylon''
* '' Myrialepis''
* '' Pigafetta''
* '' Plectocomia''
* '' Plectocomiopsis''
* ''Pogonotium'' (synonym of ''Calamus''][)
* ''Retispatha'' (synonym of ''Calamus''][)
* '' Salacca''
]
See also
Rattan
Rattan, also spelled ratan (from Malay language, Malay: ''rotan''), is the name for roughly 600 species of Old World climbing palms belonging to subfamily Calamoideae. The greatest diversity of rattan palm species and genera are in the clos ...
References
External links
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Monocot tribes