Family · Monocots
Pandanaceae
Screw pines (Pandanus)
Tropical trees and shrubs with spiral leaf tufts and stilt roots, bearing pineapple-like fruits.
- Accepted species
- 934accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 5accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈38 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Genera
Pandanus565 spp.
Freycinetia303 spp.
Benstonea58 spp.
Martellidendron6 spp.
Sararanga2 spp.
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical578
- Africa187
- Pacific155
- Australasia26
- Asia-Temperate10
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Pandanaceae sits in the order Pandanales.