''Koordersiodendron'' is a
monotypic
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genus of
flowering plant
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s belonging to the family
Anacardiaceae
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.
It only contains one known species, ''Koordersiodendron pinnatum''
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Its native range is ]Malesia
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to New Guinea
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. It is found in the countries of Borneo
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, Maluku Islands
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, New Guinea, Philippines
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and Sulawesi
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The genus name of ''Koordersiodendron'' is in honour of ]Sijfert Hendrik Koorders
Sijfert Hendrik Koorders (1863 – 1919) was a Dutch botanist, who worked primarily on the flora of Java.
Life
Koorders was born in Bandung, Dutch East Indies on 29 November 1863. In 1881 he graduated from the Hogere Burgerschool in Haarlem ...
(1863–1919), Dutch-Indonesian botanist and mycologist in Bogor
Bogor City (), or Bogor (, ), is a landlocked city in the West Java, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide. , and herbarium director beginning in 1903. It has the following synonyms; ''Kokkia'' and ''Koordersina'' .[ The Latin ]specific epithet
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of the species, ''pinnatum'' is derived from ''pinnatus'' meaning feathered.[ and the species was first described and published in Bull. Bur. Forest. Philipp. Islands Vol.1 on page 33 in 1903.][
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References
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Anacardiaceae
Anacardiaceae genera
Monotypic Sapindales genera
Trees of Malesia
Trees of New Guinea
Plants described in 1837
Taxa named by Francisco Manuel Blanco
Taxa named by Sijfert Hendrik Koorders