Biology:Kostermanthus

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Kostermanthus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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 malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance - Malaysia
  4. Kostermanthus robustus Prance - Sarawak

References

  1. "Genus: Kostermanthus Prance". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 7 September 1994. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6388. Retrieved 16 May 2014. 
  2. Prance, Ghillean Tolmie. 1979. Brittonia 31: 91-94
  3. Tropicos, Kostermanthus Prance
  4. 4.0 4.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

Wikidata ☰ Q6433546 entry