Pandanus

Pandanus
Temporal range: Oligocene-Recent
Fruit of Pandanus utilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Pandanus
Parkinson
Species

See List of Pandanus species

Synonyms
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. 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. The genus is classified in the order Pandanales, family Pandanaceae, and is the largest in the family.

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