Pandanus

Not to be confused with Pandalus.

Pandanus
Temporal range: Oligocene-Recent 30–0 Ma
Fruit of Pandanus utilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Pandanus
Parkinson[1]
Species

See List of Pandanus species

Synonyms[1]
20 synonyms
  • Athrodactylis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
  • Barrotia Gaudich.
  • Bryantia Webb ex Gaudich.
  • Doornia de Vriese
  • Dorystigma Gaudich.
  • Eydouxia Gaudich.
  • Foullioya Gaudich.
  • Hasskarlia Walp.
  • Heterostigma Gaudich.
  • Hombronia Gaudich.
  • Jeanneretia Gaudich.
  • Keura Forssk.
  • Marquartia Hassk.
  • Pandanus Rumph. ex L.f.
  • Roussinia Gaudich.
  • Rykia de Vriese
  • Souleyetia Gaudich.
  • Sussea Gaudich.
  • Tuckeya Gaudich.
  • Vinsonia Gaudich.

Pandanus is a genus of monocots with about 578 accepted species.[1] They are palm-like, dioecious trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. Common names include pandan, screw palm and screw pine. They are classified in the order Pandanales, family Pandanaceae.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference POWO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ David C. Hyndman (1984). "Ethnobotany of Wopkaimin Pandanus significant Papua New Guinea plant resource". Economic Botany. 38 (3): 287–303. doi:10.1007/BF02859007. S2CID 32883085.
  3. ^ Harold St. John (1968). "Revision of the genus Pandanus Stickman, part 29. New Papuan species in the section Microstigma collected by C. E. Carr" (PDF). Pacific Science. 22 (4): 514–519. hdl:10125/12577.