Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Benstonea
Pandanaceae R.Br.
Benstonea Callm. & Buerki , legitimate, scientific
Callmander, M.W., Lowry, P.P., Forest, F., Devey, D.S., Beentje, H. & Buerki, S. (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): 328-329 [nom. et stat. nov.]
nomenclatural synonym: Pandanus sect. Acrostigma Kurz legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Pandanus subg. Acrostigma (Kurz) B.C.Stone legitimate
  • Etymology: "This genus is named in honour of Benjamin Clemens Stone (1933-1994) to whom we dedicate this article. Ben contributed immensely to the taxonomy of Pandanaceae and was the leading authority on the family for several decades; his work will remain fundamental to the study of the group for many years to come."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Pandanus sect. Acrostigma Kurz legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pandanus subg. Acrostigma (Kurz) B.C.Stone legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Qld