Freycinetia
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| Freycinetia | |
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| ʻIeʻie (Freycinetia arborea) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Pandanaceae |
| Genus: | Freycinetia Gaudich. |
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Freycinetia is a genus of about 150-180 species of flowering plants native to the tropics of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, belonging to the family Pandanaceae. The genus was named for Admiral Louis de Freycinet, a 19th-century French explorer.[1] They are 65 species of dioecious, climbing or scrambling shrubs of the family Pandanaceae native to the Old World Tropics from sea level to mountain cloud forest.
- Selected species
- Freycinetia arborea Gaudich. - ʻIeʻie (Hawaiʻi, French Polynesia, Cook Islands)
- Freycinetia auriculata Merr. (Philippines)
- Freycinetia banksii A.Cunn. - Kiekie (New Zealand)
- Freycinetia cumingiana Gaudich.
- Freycinetia maxima Merr.
- Freycinetia mariannensis Merr.
- Freycinetia multiflora Merr.
- Freycinetia ponapensis Martelli
- Freycinetia storckii Seem.
- Freycinetia urvilleana Hombr. & Jacq. = Freycinetia milnei Seem. (Tongan: kahikahi)
[edit] References
- ^ "Freycinetia arborea". Meet the Plants. National Tropical Botanical Garden. http://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=5350. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
