Pandanus boninensis
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Pandanus boninensis is a species of the screw trees ( Pandanus ) in the family of the screw tree plants (Pandanaceae).
description
Pandanus boninensis is an evergreen plant that can reach heights of up to 6 meters. It forms stilt roots. The fruits are stone fruits.
Distribution and location
The home of Pandanus boninensis is in the western Pacific on the Ogasawara Islands , which politically belong to Japan and are about 1000 km south of Tokyo . Like many other plant species endemic to this archipelago , Pandanus boninensis has only a very small distribution area.
The plant prefers to grow on rocky ground. It is part of the dry forest communities "Distylium-Schima" and "Raphiolepsis-Livistona". In the former it occurs mainly with Syzygium buxifolium , in the latter with Livistona chinensis var. Bonensis and Ochrosia nakaiana .
Systematics
The first description by the German botanist Otto Warburg was published in 1900. The species epitheton boninensis refers to the home of the plant; the Ogasawara Islands are also called the Bonin Islands.
Sources and further information
Single references
- ↑ See worldwildlife.org .
- ↑ Warb. in HGAEngler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 9: 45 (1900); see entry at GRIN Taxonomy for Plants .
literature
- A. Inada, Y. Ikeda, H. Murata, Y. Inatomi, T. Nakanishi, K. Bhattacharyya, T. Kar, G. Bocelli and A. Cantoni: Unusual cyclolanostanes from leaves of Pandanus boninensis . Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, Hirakata, Osaka.
