THE PANDAN FLORA OF FOJA-MAMBERAMO GAME RESERVE AND BALIEM VALLEY, PAPUA-INDONESIA
ABSTRACT: The Pandan flora of
Foja-Mamberamo Game Reserve and Baliem Valley, Papua–Indonesia. Reinwardtia 13
(3): 271–297. –– Seven species of Pandanus and seven species of Freycinetia are
observed in Kwerba and adjacent areas within the Foja-Mamberamo Game Reserve,
Papua-Indonesia. Two species are proposed as new: Freycinetia kwerbaensis A.P.
Keim and Pandanus korwae A.P. Keim. This recent study also acknowledges a new record
for F. mariannensis and a possibly new record for F. vidalii. The rest are
extension of distribution areas in mainland New Guinea. The discovery of a long
searched almost mythical wild type of widely cultivated P. conoideus is also
accomplished. A new species from Baliem Valley nearby Wamena in the Jayawijaya
Mountains, Papua-Indonesia namely F. wamenaensis A.P. Keim is described
Keywords: Foja, Freycinetia,
Jayawijaya, Mamberamo, New Guinea, Pandanaceae, Pandanus, Papua, Wamena
Author: ARY PRIHARDHYANTO KEIM
Journal Code: jpbiologigg120022
