Koordersiodendron

Koordersiodendron is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Anacardiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Koordersiodendron pinnatum (Blanco) Merr.[2]

Koordersiodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Anacardiaceae
Subfamily: Spondiadoideae
Genus: Koordersiodendron
Engl. ex Koord.
Synonyms
  • Cyrtocarpa quinquestila Blanco
  • Koordersiodendron celebicum Engl.
  • Koordersiodendron papuanum Kaneh. & Hatus.
  • Odina speciosa Blume
  • Helicteres pinnata Blanco

Its native range is Malesia to New Guinea. It is found in the countries of Borneo, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Philippines and Sulawesi.[2]

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.[3] It has the following synonyms; Kokkia Zipp. ex Blume and Koordersina Kuntze.[1] The Latin specific epithet of the species, pinnatum is derived from pinnatus meaning feathered.[4] The genus was first described and published in Meded. Lands Plantentuin Vol.19 on page 410 in 1898,[1] and the species was first described and published in Bull. Bur. Forest. Philipp. Islands Vol.1 on page 33 in 1903.[2]

References
  1. "Koordersiodendron Engl. ex Koord. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. "Koordersiodendron pinnatum (Blanco) Merr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  3. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199102051.
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