Abstract

This paper concerns southern Asian species of Calamus from Beccari’s Groups V and VI. Calamus floribundus var. depauperatus is recognized as a distinct species, C. meghalayensis; C. kingianus is recognized as a distinct species from northeastern India and the Lao population of C. kingianus is recognized as a separate species, C. evansii; recently collected specimens from northern Myanmar are recognized as two distinct species, C. hukaungensis and C. spicatus; C. hypoleucus is recognized as a distinct species from Myanmar and the Lao population of C. hypoleucus is recognized as a distinct species, C minor. Nomenclature, descriptions, illustrations, specimens examined, and distribution maps are given for the new species.

中文摘要

本篇文章旨在發表記錄南亞棕櫚科省籐屬的幾個新種及新紀錄，這些主要包括有分布在印度及寮國的 Calamus meghalayensis, C. kingianus, C. evansii, C. hukaungensis, C. spicatus, C. hypoleucus 以及 C. minor 等種類。本文也詳細提供新種的描述、特徵文獻及分布圖。

Keyword: Calamus, Palmae, Arecaceae, Southern Asia, Lao, Myanmar, 省籐屬, 棕櫚科, 南印度, 寮國