Pandanus boninensis
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| Pandanus boninensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Pandanaceae |
| Genus: | Pandanus |
| Species: | P. boninensis |
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| Pandanus boninensis Warb. | |
Pandanus boninensis is an Asian species of plant that is endemic to and common in the Distylium-Schima dry forests and Raphiolepis-Livistona dry forests of the Bonin Islands, Japan.[2] It has aerial prop roots and grows on rocks.[3] The beetle, Phylloplatypus pandani is a leaf miner that consumes the leaves of P. boninensis, it was first described by scientists in 1998.[4] The fungus, Kodonospora tetracolumnaris was isolated from dead leaves of P. boninensis and described in 1993.[5]
