Koordersiodendron
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Koordersiodendron pinnatum33.jpg
|image_caption = Koordersiodendron pinnatum
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
|taxon = Koordersiodendron
|synonyms =
- Kokkia {{small|Zipp. ex Blume (1850), not validly publ.}}
- Koordersina {{small|Kuntze (1903), nom. superfl.}}
- Calesiam speciosum {{small|Kuntze (1891)}}
- Cyrtocarpa quinquestila Blanco (1845)
- Helicteres pinnata {{small|Blanco (1837)}}
- Kokkia speciosa {{small|Zipp. ex Blume (1850), not validly publ.}}
- Koordersiodendron celebicum Engl. (1898)
- Koordersiodendron papuanum Kaneh. & Hatus. (1942)
- Odina speciosa Blume (1850)
|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:69737-1|title= Koordersiodendron pinnatum (Blanco) Merr.|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=1 January 2024}}
}}
Koordersiodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.{{cite web |title=Koordersiodendron Engl. ex Koord. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1826-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=16 May 2021 |language=en}} It only contains one known species, Koordersiodendron pinnatum {{small|(Blanco) Merr.}}
Its native range is Malesia to New Guinea. It is found in the countries of Borneo, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Philippines and Sulawesi.
The genus name of Koordersiodendron is in honour of Sijfert Hendrik Koorders (1863–1919), Dutch-Indonesian botanist and mycologist in Bogor, and herbarium director beginning in 1903.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition |trans-title=Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2018 | isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018 |format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2018 | s2cid=187926901 |access-date=1 January 2021}} It has the following synonyms; Kokkia {{small|Zipp. ex Blume}} and Koordersina {{small|Kuntze}}. The Latin specific epithet of the species, pinnatum is derived from pinnatus meaning feathered.{{cite book | last=Lewis | first=Charlton | title=An Elementary Latin Dictionary | publisher=Oxford University Press | location=Oxford | year=1891 | isbn=9780199102051 }}
The genus was first described and published in Meded. Lands Plantentuin Vol.19 on page 410 in 1898, and the species was first described and published in Bull. Bur. Forest. Philipp. Islands Vol.1 on page 33 in 1903.
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Category:Monotypic Sapindales genera
Category:Plants described in 1837