Benstonea
Benstonea | |
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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 |
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[]
- ^ NCBI Taxonomy Browser—Pandanaceae
- ^ a b Tropicos—Benstonea Callm. and Buerki
- ^ "Benstonea Callm. & Buerki (Pandanaceae): Characterization, Circumscription, and Distribution of a New Genus of Screw-Pines, with a Synopsis of Accepted Species". (50 KB)
- ^ Callmander, M.W. et al. 2013. Phytotaxa 112(2): 57-60
- Media related to Benstonea at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Benstonea
- Pandanales genera
- Pandanales stubs