Kostermanthus

Kostermanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:Kostermanthus
Prance[1]

Kostermanthus is a genus of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae described as a genus in 1979.[2][3]

Kostermanthus is native to Southeast Asia (Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and the Philippines).[4] It is named in honor of André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans (1906-1994), an Indonesian botanist of Dutch ancestry.

Species[4]
  1. Kostermanthus heteropetalus (Scort. ex King) Prance - Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
  2. Kostermanthus malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance - Perak
  3. Kostermanthus robustus Prance - Sarawak

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Kostermanthus Prance". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 7 September 1994. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Prance, Ghillean Tolmie. 1979. Brittonia 31: 91-94
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Kostermanthus Prance
  4. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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