Biology:Pandanus pluriloculatus
| Pandanus pluriloculatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Pandanaceae |
| Genus: | Pandanus |
| Section: | Pandanus sect. Acanthostyla |
| Species: | P. pluriloculatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pandanus pluriloculatus H.St.John[2]
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Pandanus pluriloculatus is a dioecious tree in the family Pandanaceae which is endemic to Madagascar. The specific epithet, pluriloculatus, is a reference to the numerous locules in a compound ovary.[3]
Description
Pandanus pluriloculatus is a tree up to Template:Convert abbreviated tall with a dark brown bark and a spiny trunk up to Template:Convert abbreviated in diameter. The crown of the tree is narrowly cylindric, with three spirals of large leaves at the top. Most of the trunk below the crown has many short branchlets with narrow leaves and fruit spikes. The leaves at the top of the tree are Template:Convert abbreviated long and Template:Convert abbreviated wide. The leaves of the lateral branchlets are shorter (Template:Convert abbreviated long), and narrower (Template:Convert abbreviated wide). P. pluriloculatus usually has no prop roots.[3]
Flowers and fruit
Flowering clusters arise at the tips of the lateral branchlets. They are set on a 3-sided stalk (peduncle) Template:Convert abbreviated long and 1 cm in diameter. The fruits (syncarps) are Template:Convert abbreviated long and Template:Convert abbreviated in diameter. There are usually 3 or 4 fruits crowded together with the largest at the tip. They are generally egg-shaped, although the smaller ones may be nearly round.[3]
Distribution and habitat
The trees are infrequent in coastal swampy forests. The species was first described in 1968, found along the east coast of Madagascar, in the Antalaha area.[3] It has now been documented in Antsiranana and Toamasina provinces and in the Mananara Nord and Masoala protected areas.
Taxonomy
Pandanus pluriloculatus is a member of the section Acanthostyla. Its closest relative is P. pseudobathiei Pic. Ser.[3]
References
- ↑ Manjato, N. (2020). "Pandanus pluriloculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T139684898A139685016.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/139684898/139685016. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ↑ "Pandanus pluriloculatus H.St.John". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:671360-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 St. John, Harold (1968). "Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman. Part 27 Pandanus Novelties from Madagascar". Pacific Science 22: 106. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54292170. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
Wikidata ☰ Q15579452 entry
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