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A.J.G.H. Kostermans

Dutch botanist · 1906–1994

558 specimens, collected between 1931 and 1980 on 243 collecting days. Identified 113 specimens for others.

On the labels as Kostermans, A.J.G.H., Kostermans, A., Kostermans, Kostermans, A.J..

Specimens
558
Type specimens
10
Years in the field
50
Islands
11
Species
345
Identifications
113
In the Library
0
Named after
5

Where Kostermans collected

Specimens by decade

1930s1980s

Earliest: Litsea, 1931 (Java, G.Muria, Tjollo). Latest: Doona cordifolia, 1980.

Named for Kostermans

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Kostermans. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Strobilanthes heyneanaIxoraChisocheton patensHibiscus decaspermusDiospyros sylvaticaHopea brevipetiolarisPolyalthiaHopeaDoona cordifoliaSyzygium gardneriMimusops elengiCalophyllum cuneifolium

As a determiner

113 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: