Abstract
Recent fieldwork and work in herbaria allow a better understanding of the family Pandanaceae in Madagascar. This article proposes a taxonomic treatment of the morphologically isolated Malagasy oriental species with sharp protuberant stigmas. A new species is described: Pandanus callmanderiana endemic to the littoral forests and swampy areas of the East-North-East of the Great Island. This species is characterized by a "coniferoid" habit, with one deltoid fertile stigma surrounded by numerous long spiniform and sterile stigmas. A key of Malagasy sections as well as a reflection on the systematics of Pandanaceae are presented. Pandanus ferox and P. pichi-sermollii are both synonyms of P. guillaumetii. The description of three monospecific sections, sect. Callmanderia, Guillaumetia and Insuetia, provides a morphologically convenient division of Malagasy Pandanus. These sections are typified respectively by P. callmanderiana, P. guillaumetii and P. insuetus.
| Translated title of the contribution | The species of Pandanus (Pandanaceae) with protuberant stigmas from eastern Madagascar |
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| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 267-285 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Adansonia |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 2006 |
Keywords
- Littoral forests
- Madagascar
- New species
- Pandanaceae
- Pandanus