''Benstonea atrocarpa'' is a species of

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in the newly segregated genus ''

Benstonea ''Benstonea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae, native to the Paleotropics. Description Plants in this genus are stemless or short-stemmed shrubs, epiphytes, or (rarely) trees. Leaves are long and strap like, and pleated ...

'', found in the

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s of the

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and the

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. Its common name is pandan duri. Its most unique feature is the great length of its

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leaves; up to 6 metres in length. Among pandans, the leaf length is exceeded only by '' Pandanus laxispicata''.

Etymology

The generic name ''Benstonea'' is after the ''Pandanus'' botanist

Benjamin Clemens Stone Benjamin Clemens Masterman Stone (July 26, 1933, Shanghai, China – March 19, 1994, Manila, Philippines) was a British– American botanist. Biography Stone was born in Shanghai, China to a British father, who worked for the government, and ...

. The specific name comes from the Greek atro (= dark) and carpa (= fruit).

References

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