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Kostermanthus

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Genus of plants

Kostermanthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Kostermanthus
Prance
Type species
Kostermanthus heteropetalus
(Scort. ex King) Prance
Species

Kostermanthus is a genus of plants in the family Chrysobalanaceae described by British botanist Ghillean Prance in 1979. Species in this genus are large trees native to Malesia.

Description

Plants in this genus are large trees with hairless leaves. The inflorescences are unbranched or minimally branched racemes, with hermaphroditic and strongly zygomorphic flowers. The fruits are hard drupes.

Species

This genus includes the following species:

References

  1. ^ Prance, Ghillean T. (1979). "New Genera and Species of Chrysobalanaceae from Malesia and Oceania". Brittonia. 31 (1): 91–94. Bibcode:1979Britt..31...79P. doi:10.2307/2806677. JSTOR 2806677.
  2. Prance, G. T. (1989). van Steenis, C. G. G. J.; de Wild, W. J. J. O. (eds.). Chrysobalanaceae. Flora Malesiana Series I. Vol. 10. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 635–678. ISBN 0-7923-0421-7 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Kostermanthus Prance". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Kostermanthus


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