Kostermanthus malayanus

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|image =

|status = DD

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |last1=Lim |first1=C.L. |year=2024 |title=Kostermanthus malayanus |volume=2024 |page=e.T31776A223182160 |access-date=29 August 2024}}

|genus = Kostermanthus

|species = malayanus

|authority = (Kosterm.) Prance

|synonyms = *Acioa malayana Kosterm.

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Kostermanthus malayanus (Kosterm.) Prance |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A168039-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 September 2024}}

}}

Kostermanthus malayanus is a species of plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Distribution and habitat

K. malayanus is known only from the type locality on Mount Bintang, near the border of the states of Kedah and Perak in western Malaysia.{{cite journal |last1=Kostermans |first1=A. J. G. H. |author1-link=André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans |year=1965 |title=The genus Acioa Aublet (Rosaceae - Chrysobalanoideae) in Malesia |journal=Reinwardtia |publisher=Herbarium Bogoriense |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=13-14 |url=https://biologyjournal.brin.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/966/820}}

References