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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Pandanus tectorius Parkinson ex Zucc.
Pandanus palm, Thatch screw-pine, Tahitian screw-pine

Pandanus tectorius
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Pandanaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Range: Tropical Asia and Polynesia.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

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Synonyms: P. baptistii.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Cultivated Only

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Reported for Dry Tortugas National Park (Stoddart & Fosberg, 1981). Occasionally cultivated, persisting, and slowly spreading from cultivation. Large clumps are decades old.

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Pandanus tectorius has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dry Tortugas National Park Reported




Pandanus tectorius has been reported for the following 2 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Wetland
Mangrove swamp


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Pandanus tectorius
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Pandanus tectorius
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr