Benstonea

Benstonea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae.[1][2] It was formerly classified as Pandanus subgenus Acrostigma, but in 2012 was recognized as a distinct genus based on morphology and DNA sequencing.[3] Benstonea is distributed from India to Fiji with centres of diversity in Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia and New Guinea.[4]

Species[2]
  • Benstonea adinobotrys - New Guinea
  • Benstonea affinis - Sabah, Sarawak
  • Benstonea alticola - Sarawak
  • Benstonea andersonii - Sarawak
  • Benstonea ashtonii - Sabah
  • Benstonea atrocarpa - Singapore
  • Benstonea beccata - Sabah
  • Benstonea brevistylis - Sabah
  • Benstonea brunigii - Sarawak
  • Benstonea calcinacta - Sarawak
  • Benstonea celebica - Sulawesi
  • Benstonea copelandii - Philippines
  • Benstonea dumetorum - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Benstonea ellipsoidea Sulawesi
  • Benstonea elostigma - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Benstonea epiphytica - Sabah, Sarawak
  • Benstonea eumekes - New Guinea
  • Benstonea foetida - Karnataka, Myanmar
  • Benstonea fortuita - Sabah
  • Benstonea gibbsiana - Sabah
  • Benstonea glaucophylla - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Benstonea herbacea - Thailand
  • Benstonea humilis - Indo-China
  • Benstonea inquilina - Sabah
  • Benstonea ihuana - New Guinea
  • Benstonea jacobsii - Papua New Guinea
  • Benstonea korthalsii - Sarawak
  • Benstonea kurzii - Sulawesi
  • Benstonea lauterbachii Australia, New Guinea
  • Benstonea lepatophila - Sarawak
  • Benstonea microglottis - Sarawak
  • Benstonea misimaensis - Misima Island
  • Benstonea monticola - Queensland
  • Benstonea nana - Thailand
  • Benstonea ornata - Singapore
  • Benstonea ornithocephala - West New Guinea
  • Benstonea pachyphylla - Sabah
  • Benstonea papuana - New Guinea
  • Benstonea parva - Singapore
  • Benstonea pectinata - Sabah
  • Benstonea permicron - New Guinea
  • Benstonea pilaris - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Benstonea platystigma - Sarawak
  • Benstonea poronaliva - Micronesia
  • Benstonea pseudosyncarpa - New Guinea
  • Benstonea pumila - Sarawak
  • Benstonea rostellata - New Guinea
  • Benstonea rupestris - Sabah
  • Benstonea rustica - Sarawak, Sabah
  • Benstonea saint-johnii - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Benstonea serpentinica Callm. & Buerki - Sabah
  • Benstonea setistyla New Guinea
  • Benstonea stenocarpa - New Guinea
  • Benstonea sylvatica - Sarawak
  • Benstonea thomissophylla - Sarawak
  • Benstonea thurstonii - Fiji
  • Benstonea thwaitesii - India, Sri Lanka
  • Benstonea tunicata - Sabah
  • Benstonea undulifolia - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Benstonea verruculosa - Maluku
  • Benstonea vriensii - Sumatra

Benstonea
Benstonea affinis
from Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Benstonea
Callm. and Buerki
  • Herbarium sheet of an isotype of Benstonea dumetorum (Holttum & H.St.John) Callm. & Buerki
  • Benstonea korthalsii (Solms) Callm. & Buerki, herbarium sheet. Type
  • Benstonea pilaris (Ridl.) Callm. & Buerki, herbarium sheet. Type
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References
  1. NCBI Taxonomy Browser—Pandanaceae
  2. Tropicos—Benstonea Callm. and Buerki
  3. "Benstonea Callm. & Buerki (Pandanaceae): Characterization, Circumscription, and Distribution of a New Genus of Screw-Pines, with a Synopsis of Accepted Species". (50 KB)
  4. Callmander, M.W. et al. 2013. Phytotaxa 112(2): 57-60
  • Media related to Benstonea at Wikimedia Commons


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