Benstonea

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Benstonea
Benston affin 100623-4924 mms.JPG

from Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Benstonea
Callm. and Buerki

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]
  • - New Guinea
  • - Sabah, Sarawak
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sabah
  • - Sumatera to Thailand
  • - Sabah
  • - Sabah
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sulawesi
  • - Philippines
  • - Peninsular Malaysia
  • Sulawesi
  • - Peninsular Malaysia
  • - Sabah, Sarawak
  • - New Guinea
  • - Karnataka, Myanmar
  • - Sabah
  • - Sabah
  • - Peninsular Malaysia
  • - Thailand
  • Benstonea humilis - Indo-China
  • - Sabah
  • - New Guinea
  • - Papua New Guinea
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sulawesi
  • Australia, New Guinea
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sarawak
  • - Misima Island
  • - Queensland
  • - Thailand
  • - Singapore
  • - West New Guinea
  • - Sabah
  • - New Guinea
  • - Singapore
  • - Sabah
  • - New Guinea
  • - Peninsular Malaysia
  • - Sarawak
  • - Micronesia
  • - New Guinea
  • - Sarawak
  • - New Guinea
  • - Sabah
  • - Sarawak, Sabah
  • - Peninsular Malaysia
  • - Sabah
  • New Guinea
  • - New Guinea
  • - Sarawak
  • - Sarawak
  • - Fiji
  • - India, Sri Lanka
  • - Sabah
  • - Peninsular Malaysia
  • - Maluku
  • - Sumatra

Gallery[]

  • 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

References[]

  1. ^ NCBI Taxonomy Browser—Pandanaceae
  2. ^ a b 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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