Beach Pandan (species: Pandanus tectorius) in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pandanus tectorius
Beach Pandan

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Kingdom Plantae
Division Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Pandanales
Family Pandanaceae
Genus Pandanus
Species Pandanus tectorius

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Adventious rootlets on stem absent or rare; distal part of leaf drooping; phalanges/carpels more or less smooth; leaf apex always serrate (Stone, 1982; opposite for Pandanus solmslaubachii).

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Distribution


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References

References that assist with identification

  • Stone, B.C. (1982). Pandanus tectorius Parkins. in Australia: a conservative view. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 85: 133-146. LIRS catalog number 90365.

Other references

  • De Sloover, J.R. and M. Dufrene (1999). Flora and vegetation of Turtell V, Turtell Islands Group (Queensland, Australia), Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg./ Bull. Nat. Plantentuin Belg., 67: 45-97. LIRS catalog number 577.
  • De Sloover, J.R. and A.-L. Jacquemart (2008). Nymph Island (Great Barrier Reef, Qld., Australia): Flora and vegetation of a low wooded island, Scripta Botanica Belgica, 43: 1-88. LIRS catalog number 1210.