Kostermanthus
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| taxon = Kostermanthus
| authority = Prance
| type_species = Kostermanthus heteropetalus
| type_species_authority = (Scort. ex King) Prance{{cite journal |last1=Prance |first1=Ghillean T. |author1-link=Ghillean Prance |year=1979 |title=New Genera and Species of Chrysobalanaceae from Malesia and Oceania |journal=Brittonia |volume=31 |issue=1 |pages=91–94 |doi=10.2307/2806677 |jstor=2806677|bibcode=1979Britt..31...79P }}
| subdivision = *Kostermanthus heteropetalus (Scort. ex King) Prance
- Kostermanthus malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance
- Kostermanthus robustus Prance
}}
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.{{cite book |editor1-last=van Steenis |editor1-first=C. G. G. J. |editor1-link=Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis |editor2-last=de Wild |editor2-first=W. J. J. O. |year=1989 |last1=Prance |first1=G. T. |author1-link=Ghillean Prance |title=Chrysobalanaceae |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |series=Flora Malesiana Series I |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=635–678 |isbn=0-7923-0421-7 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28823148 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
Species
This genus includes the following species:{{cite web |title=Kostermanthus Prance |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A7071-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=29 August 2024}}
- Kostermanthus heteropetalus Scort. ex King Prance – Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines
- Kostermanthus malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance – Peninsular Malaysia
- Kostermanthus robustus Prance – Borneo
References
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Category:Chrysobalanaceae genera
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Ghillean Prance
Category:Taxa described in 1979
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