Jarandersonia

Jarandersonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Jarandersonia Kosterm.

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

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. "Jarandersonia Kosterm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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.