the pandan flora of foja-mamberamo game reserve and baliem valley, papua–indonesia

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.