Pandanus boninensis is an Asian species of shrub that is common in the Distylium-Schima dry forests and Raphiolepsis-Livistona dry forests of the Ogasawara Islands.[1] Endemic to Japan, it has aerial prop roots and grows on rocks.[2] For other uses, see Scientific classification (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Angiospermae, and Anthophyta be merged into this article or section. ... Liliopsida is the botanical name for a class. ... Families Cyclanthaceae Pandanaceae Stemonaceae Triuridaceae Velloziaceae The Pandanales are an order of flowering plants. ... Genera See text Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics of the Old World. ... Species See text Pandanus is a large genus of between 600-700 species of tree- or shrub-like flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... A map of the Ogasawara Islands south of Japan The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島) are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical islands some 1,000 km directly south of central Tokyo, Japan. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ...