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Benstonea
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Benstonea

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

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Scrub Breadfruit

speciesBenstonea monticola

Benstonea affinis

speciesBenstonea affinis

Benstonea atrocarpa

speciesBenstonea atrocarpa

Benstonea humilis

speciesBenstonea humilis

Benstonea lauterbachii

speciesBenstonea lauterbachii

Benstonea thwaitesii

speciesBenstonea thwaitesii

Benstonea copelandii

speciesBenstonea copelandii

Benstonea stenocarpa

speciesBenstonea stenocarpa

Benstonea parva

speciesBenstonea parva

Benstonea nana

speciesBenstonea nana

Benstonea platystigma

speciesBenstonea platystigma

Benstonea saint-johnii

speciesBenstonea saint-johnii

Benstonea epiphytica

speciesBenstonea epiphytica

Benstonea permicron

speciesBenstonea permicron

Benstonea foetida

speciesBenstonea foetida

Benstonea celebica

speciesBenstonea celebica

Benstonea pseudosyncarpa

speciesBenstonea pseudosyncarpa

Benstonea alticola

speciesBenstonea alticola

Benstonea ashtonii

speciesBenstonea ashtonii

Benstonea brevistylis

speciesBenstonea brevistylis

Benstonea brunigii

speciesBenstonea brunigii

Benstonea calcinacta

speciesBenstonea calcinacta

Benstonea dumetorum

speciesBenstonea dumetorum

Benstonea elostigma

speciesBenstonea elostigma

Benstonea eumekes

speciesBenstonea eumekes

Benstonea fortuita

speciesBenstonea fortuita

Benstonea gibbsiana

speciesBenstonea gibbsiana

Benstonea glaucophylla

speciesBenstonea glaucophylla

Benstonea korthalsii

speciesBenstonea korthalsii

Benstonea kurzii

speciesBenstonea kurzii

Benstonea lepatophila

speciesBenstonea lepatophila

Benstonea microglottis

speciesBenstonea microglottis

Benstonea pachyphylla

speciesBenstonea pachyphylla

Benstonea papuana

speciesBenstonea papuana

Benstonea pectinata

speciesBenstonea pectinata

Benstonea pilaris

speciesBenstonea pilaris

Benstonea poronaliva

speciesBenstonea poronaliva

Benstonea pumila

speciesBenstonea pumila

Benstonea rupestris

speciesBenstonea rupestris

Benstonea rustica

speciesBenstonea rustica

Benstonea serpentinica

speciesBenstonea serpentinica

Benstonea setistyla

speciesBenstonea setistyla

Benstonea sylvatica

speciesBenstonea sylvatica

Benstonea thomissophylla

speciesBenstonea thomissophylla

Benstonea thurstonii

speciesBenstonea thurstonii

Benstonea undulifolia

speciesBenstonea undulifolia

Benstonea vriensii

speciesBenstonea vriensii

Benstonea herbacea

speciesBenstonea herbacea

Benstonea ihuana

speciesBenstonea ihuana

Benstonea rostellata

speciesBenstonea rostellata

Benstonea beccata

speciesBenstonea beccata

Benstonea inquilina

speciesBenstonea inquilina

Benstonea tunicata

speciesBenstonea tunicata

Benstonea ellipsoidea

speciesBenstonea ellipsoidea

Benstonea ornithocephala

speciesBenstonea ornithocephala

Benstonea verruculosa

speciesBenstonea verruculosa

Benstonea adinobotrys

speciesBenstonea adinobotrys

Benstonea biplicata

speciesBenstonea biplicata

Benstonea toei

speciesBenstonea toei

Benstonea unguiculata

speciesBenstonea unguiculata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 709397.