Jarandersonia

<i>Jarandersonia</i>

Jarandersonia

Genus of plants

Jarandersonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.[1]

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It is native to Borneo.[1]

The genus name of Jarandersonia is in honour of James Aidan Robb Anderson (1922–2004), an English forester, botanist and plant collector with the Forestry Service in Sarawak (now in Malaysia).[2] it was first described and published in Reinwardtia Vol.5 on page 319 in 1960.[1]

Known species

According to Kew:[1]

  • Jarandersonia clemensiae (Burret) Kosterm.
  • Jarandersonia parvifolia Kosterm.
  • Jarandersonia pentaceoides R.C.K.Chung & H.S.Tan
  • Jarandersonia purseglovei (Kosterm.) Kosterm.
  • Jarandersonia rinoreoides Kosterm.
  • Jarandersonia spinulosa Kosterm.
  • Jarandersonia yahyantha K.M.Wong, Joffre, Ariffin & Y.W.Low

References

  1. [1]
    "Jarandersonia Kosterm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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