Kostermanthus

Kostermanthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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


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