Benstonea alticola (Holttum & H.St.John) Callm. & Buerki belongs to the Pandanaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Pandanales
Family
Pandanaceae
Genus
Benstonea
Specific Epithet
alticola
Authorship
(Holttum & H.St.John) Callm. & Buerki
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.6
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#56,466 of 335,497
Top 17%
Extinction probability
13%
Location
Malaysia, Sarawak
1.722528, 110.448639
Location Remarks
Kuching. Bako National Park. Lintang Trail, 106 m elev.
Collectors
Sven Buerki, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, A. Ak Ginan, Yahud Bin H.J. Wat
Notes
Acaulescent Pandan on limestone cliffs. Very young infrutescence hidden by bracts. Immature syncarps yellow.