Benstonea parva (Ridl.) Callm. & Buerki belongs to the Pandanaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Pandanaceae
Genus
Benstonea
Specific Epithet
parva
Authorship
(Ridl.) Callm. & Buerki
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
10/8/2014
Location
Malaysia, Sabah, Interior (Tenom)
Location Remarks
Crocker Range National Park. Substesen Melalap. Lowland dipterocarp forest. 440 m elev.
Collectors
Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Postar Miun, Jeisin Jumian
Notes
Slender monocaulous shrub with several proproots at base, up to 3 m tall, diam. 3 cm. Leaves c. 5 x 45 cm, abruptly attenuate distally, flagellate (c. 8 cm). Syncarp erect, terminal, oblong, 2.2. x 5.5 cm.
3/20/2012
Location
Singapore, Singapore (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
Location Remarks
Address is 1 Cluny Road, where the Visitor Center is; the garden stretches between Holland Road and Bukit Timah Road (100 Cluny Park Road).
Collectors
Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Anthony O'Dempsey
Notes
Immediatly next to Liane road. Shrub, 30 cm tall. Leaves chartaceous, dark green above, lighter beneath. Fruit a small terminal sub-globoïd syncarp, pale green, 2 cm in diam. (immature). Stigma brown, spiniform.
3/22/2012
Location
Singapore, Singapore (Singapore Botanic Gardens)
Location Remarks
Address is 1 Cluny Road, where the Visitor Center is; the garden stretches between Holland Road and Bukit Timah Road (100 Cluny Park Road).
Collectors
Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Anthony O'Dempsey
Notes
Immediatly next to Liane road. Shrub, 30 cm tall. Leaves chartaceous, dark green above, lighter beneath. Fruit a small terminal sub-globoïd syncarp, pale green, 2 cm in diam. (immature). Stigma brown, spiniform.