Pandanaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Pandanales

Familia: Pandanaceae
Genera: Benstonea – Freycinetia - Martellidendron – Pandanus – Sararanga
Name

Pandanaceae R.Br. Prodr. 340. (1810); nom. cons.
Type genus: Pandanus Parkinson J. Voy. South Seas 76. (1773)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Freycinetiaceae Brongn. ex LeMaout & Decne.

References

Brown, R. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, 340.
Buerki, S., Callmander, M.W., Devey, D.S., Chappell, L., Gallaher, T., Munzinger, J., Haevermans, T. & Forest, F. 2012. Straightening out the screw-pines: a first step in understanding phylogenetic relationships within Pandanaceae. Taxon 61(5), 1010-1020. DOI: 10.1002/tax.615008 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Callmander, M.W., Lowry, P.P., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Beentje, H.J. & Buerki, S. 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): 323–345. DOI: 10.15553/c2012v672a12 Paywall PDF Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pandanaceae in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 June 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Pandanaceae. Published online. Accessed: 16 Sept. 2013.
Stone, B.C., Huynh, K.-L. & Poppendieck, H.-H. 1998. Pandanaceae. Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (excluding Orchidaceae) 397-404.
Tropicos.org 2015. Pandanaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 9.

Vernacular names
English: Screw Pines
suomi: Kairapalmukasvit
magyar: Csavarpálmafélék, pandanuszfélék
Nederlands: Pandanusachtigen
中文: 露兜树科

Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics and subtropics of the Old World, from West Africa through the Pacific. It contains 982 known species[2] in five genera,[3] of which the type genus, Pandanus, is the most important, with species like Pandanus amaryllifolius and karuka (Pandanus julianettii) being important sources of food. It is an ancient family dating from the early to mid-Cretaceous.[4] This is a family that is not-well studied.[5]
Characteristics

Pandanaceae includes trees, shrubs, lianas, vines, epiphytes, and perennial herbs.[6] Stems may be simple or bifurcately branched, and may have aerial prop roots. The stems bear prominent leaf scars. The leaves are very long and narrow, sheathing, simple, undivided, with parallel veins; the leaf margins and abaxial midribs are often prickly.[7]

The plants are dioecious. The inflorescences are terminally borne racemes, spikes or umbels, with subtended spathes, which may be brightly colored. The flowers are minute and lack perianths. Male flowers contain numerous stamens with free or fused filaments. Female flowers have a superior ovary, usually of many carpels in a ring, but may be reduced to a row of carpels or a single carpel. Fruits are berries or drupes,[6] usually multiple.[8]

Pandanaceae includes five genera: Benstonea, Freycinetia, Martellidendron, Pandanus, and Sararanga.[3] Benstonea (as subgenus "Acrostigma")[9] and Martellidendron[4] were formerly considered subgenera of Pandanus, but were recognized as distinct genera based on DNA sequencing.[4][9]
Uses

Particular species of Pandanus are used to make mats (e.g. Central Africa) or in food products (e.g. leaves as flavoring, or fruit in Southeast Asia).
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References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
taxonomy. "Taxonomy Browser". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
ingentaconnect: Recognition of Martellidendron, a new genus of Pandanaceae, and its biogeographic implications
"The Pandanaceae Project". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
"Pandanaceae in Monocot Families (USDA) @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
"Pandanaceae in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
"Angiosperm families - Pandanaceae R. Br". delta-intkey.com. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
"Update on the systematics of Benstonea (Pandanaceae): When a visionary taxonomist foresees phylogenetic relationships" (PDF). (50 KB)