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n. - Family of woody plants of a particular order.

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  • All along the beach here, and in the adjacent strip of sandy lowland, is a remarkable display of Pandanaceae or Screw-pines.
  • One distinctive feature of this forest is the diversity of Pandanus species (Pandanaceae), bamboos (Graminaceae) and epiphytic plants.
  • The upper montane sclerophyllous forest is dominated by plant species from the families Podocarpaceae, Cunoniaceae, and Pandanaceae, and the trees are shrouded with...
  • Pandanaceae, shrubs, creepers, and even forest trees, are mingled in an evergreen network, through the interstices of which appears the white limestone rock or the dark...
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