Pandanus montanus: Difference between revisions

Pandanus montanus
	Small specimen in cultivation at the Berlin Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Pandanales
Family:	Pandanaceae
Genus:	Pandanus
Species:	P. montanus
Binomial name
	Pandanus montanus; Bory.

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Pandanus montanus ("Baquois redresse") is a species of monocots in the genus Pandanus, endemic to Réunion in wet forest and swamp at an elevation of 400–1700 meters.

Description[edit]

It is a small, slender tree of 3–5 m in height. Its fruit-head is initially held up erectly, but droops down and becomes dark red when ripe. Each fruit head is packed with red, dome-shaped drupes.

Fruit-head, born erect until it is ripe.
Fruit-head detail of the reddish ripe drupes.
Adult specimen in habitat

Synonyms[edit]

Pandanus borbonicus Huynh
Pandanus erigens Thouars
Pandanus gaudichaudii Martelli
Sussea conoidea Gaudich.
Sussea microcarpa Gaudich.

References[edit]

Cirad (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) entry

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 |image = Pandanus montanus - Berlin Botanical Garden - IMG 8715.JPG
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-'''''Pandanus montanus''''' ('''"Baquois redresse"''') is a [[species]] of [[monocot]]s in the [[genus]] ''[[Pandanus]]'', endemic to [[Réunion]] in wet forest and swamp at an elevation of 400-1700 meters.
+'''''Pandanus montanus''''' ('''"Baquois redresse"''') is a [[species]] of [[monocot]]s in the [[genus]] ''[[Pandanus]]'', endemic to [[Réunion]] in wet forest and swamp at an elevation of 400–1700 meters.
 ==Description==
-It is a small, slender tree of 3-5 m in height. Its fruit-head droops down and becomes dark red when ripe. Each fruit head is packed with dome-shaped drupes.
+It is a small, slender tree of 3–5 m in height. Its fruit-head is initially held up erectly, but droops down and becomes dark red when ripe. Each fruit head is packed with red, dome-shaped drupes.
+<gallery>
+File:Pandanus montanus fruit.JPG|Fruit-head, born erect until it is ripe.
+File:Pandanus montanus fruit2.JPG|Fruit-head detail of the reddish ripe drupes.
+File:Pandanus montanus habit (cropped).JPG|Adult specimen in habitat
+</gallery>
 == Synonyms ==
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 * ''Pandanus gaudichaudii'' Martelli
 * ''Sussea conoidea'' Gaudich.
 * ''Sussea microcarpa'' Gaudich.
-==Gallery==
-<gallery>
-File:Pandanus montanus fruit.JPG|Fruit-head
-File:Pandanus montanus fruit2.JPG|Fruit-head detail
-File:Pandanus montanus habit (cropped).JPG|Large specimen in habitat
-</gallery>
 == References ==
 * [http://arbres-reunion.cirad.fr/especes/pandanaceae/pandanus_montanus_bory Cirad (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) entry]
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q3553144}}
-{{taxonbar}}
 [[Category:Pandanus|montanus]]
-[[Category:Flora of Reunion]]
+[[Category:Endemic flora of Réunion]]