Knowra Pandanaceae Pandanaceae Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes screw pines and related genera. Its members are often woody, sometimes climbing, and frequently develop prop roots.
Pandanus : A genus of tropical trees and shrubs with spirally arranged leaves, often called screw pines. This is the family’s largest and best-known genus.
Order Pandanales : An order of monocot flowering plants that includes Pandanaceae and several other families. Pandanaceae is one of the families classified within this order.
Freycinetia : A genus of climbing Pandanaceae, often supported by aerial roots. It contrasts with the upright, tree-like growth familiar from many screw pines.
Plant taxonomy : The science of naming, describing, and classifying plants. New evidence can revise how Pandanaceae genera and species are delimited.
Prop root : An adventitious root that grows from a stem or branch and helps support a plant. Many screw pines use these roots to brace their trunks and branches.
Cyclanthaceae : A family of tropical American monocots, some of which resemble screw pines in leaf form and growth habit. It is a separate family of Pandanales often compared with Pandanaceae.
Sararanga : A genus of Pandanaceae trees native to islands of the southwestern Pacific. It represents a less familiar tree lineage within the family.
Phylogenetics : The study of evolutionary relationships using shared ancestry and evidence such as DNA. Phylogenetic analyses help test relationships within Pandanales and Pandanaceae.
Monocotyledon : A flowering plant whose seed typically contains one embryonic leaf. Pandanaceae belongs to this major lineage of flowering plants.
Arecaceae : The palm family, a diverse group of monocot trees, shrubs, and climbers. Some screw pines resemble palms, but their flowers and classification distinguish them.
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