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Kostermanthus

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Kostermanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Chrysobalanaceae
Genus:
Kostermanthus

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. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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