Benstonea atrocarpa
| Benstonea atrocarpa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Pandanaceae |
| Genus: | Benstonea |
| Species: | B. atrocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Benstonea atrocarpa | |
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Benstonea atrocarpa is a species of plants in the family Pandanaceae, native to the swamp and peat forests of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra.[1][2]: 330 Its common name is pandan duri.
Taxonomy
This species was first described as Pandanus atrocarpus by British botanist William Griffith in 1851,[3] and transferred to the newly-created genus Benstonea by Swiss botanists Martin Wilhelm Callmander and Sven Buerki in 2012.[2]
Etymology
The generic name Benstonea is after the Pandanus botanist Benjamin Clemens Stone. The specific name comes from the Greek atro (= dark) and carpa (= fruit).
References
- ^ a b c "Benstonea atrocarpa (Griff.) Callm. & Buerki". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ^ a b Callmander, Martin W.; Lowry, Porter P.; Forest, Félix; Devey, Dion S.; Beentje, Henk; Buerki, Sven (2012). "Benstonea Callm. & Buerki (Pandanaceae): Characterization, Circumscription, and Distribution of a New Genus of Screw-Pines, with a Synopsis of Accepted Species". Candollea. 67 (2): 323. Bibcode:2012Cando..67..323C. doi:10.15553/c2012v672a12.
- ^ Griffith, William (1851). Notulae ad plantas asiaticas, pt. 3. Vol. 5. Calcutta: Bishop's college Press. p. 160.