Benstonea atrocarpa

Benstonea atrocarpa
A cluster of narrow, ascending green leaves in the jungle
In Singapore
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Pandanaceae
Genus: Benstonea
Species:
B. atrocarpa
Binomial name
Benstonea atrocarpa
(Griff.) Callm. & Buerki
Synonyms
  • Pandanus atrocarpus Griff.

Benstonea atrocarpa is a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae, native to the swamp and peat forests of Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Sumatra.: 330 

Taxonomy

This species was first described as Pandanus atrocarpus by British botanist William Griffith in 1851, and transferred to the newly-created genus Benstonea by Swiss botanists Martin Wilhelm Callmander and Sven Buerki in 2012.

Etymology

The generic name Benstonea is after the Pandanus botanist Benjamin Clemens Stone. The specific name comes from the Greek atro (= dark) and carpa (= fruit).[citation needed]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Benstonea atrocarpa (Griff.) Callm. & Buerki". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Callmander, Martin W.; Lowry, Porter P.; Forest, Félix; Devey, Dion S.; Beentje, Henk; Buerki, Sven (2012). "Benstonea Callm. & Buerki (Pandanaceae): Characterization, Circumscription, and Distribution of a New Genus of Screw-Pines, with a Synopsis of Accepted Species". Candollea. 67 (2): 323. Bibcode:2012Cando..67..323C. doi:10.15553/c2012v672a12.
  3. ↑ Griffith, William (1851). Notulae ad plantas asiaticas, pt. 3. Vol. 5. Calcutta: Bishop's college Press. p. 160.