André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans

Dutch botanist (1907-1994).

Dr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri 'Dok' Kostermans (1 July 1906 – 10 July 1994) was an Indonesian botanist of Dutch ancestry. He was born in Purworejo, Java, Dutch East Indies, and educated at Utrecht University, taking his doctoral degree in 1936 with a paper on Surinamese Lauraceae. He spent most of his professional life studying the plants of southeastern Asia, settled at Buitenzorg, later Bogor, Indonesia. At an early stage in his career he also contributed a number of family treatments to Pulle's Flora of Suriname. Kostermans was especially interested in Lauraceae, Malvales (Bombacaceae an

Abbreviations: Kosterm.
Occupations: scientific collector, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
Languages: Indonesian
Dates: 1906-07-01T00:00:00Z – 1994-07-10T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Purworejo
Direct attributions: 969 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 1,074 plants, 0 fungi

969 plants attributed, 105 plants contributed to1,074 plants:

Mangifera casturi (Kalimantan Mango) Kosterm. 1993
extinct in the wild plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera casturi (also called Kalimantan mango or kasturi) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It was endemic to the Kalimantan region of Borneo, but is now considered extinct in the wild.
Mangifera pajang (Bambangan) Kosterm. 1965
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera pajang, commonly known as wild mango, is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Borneo, where it is known by the various native names: buah bambangan, buah mawang and buah embang.
Mangifera acutigemma Kosterm. 1993
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera acutigemma is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Sikkim in India.
Durio wyattsmithii Kosterm. 1958
endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Durio wyatt-smithii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia.
Mangifera lalijiwa Kosterm. 1993
vulnerable plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera lalijiwa is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mangifera campnospermoides Kosterm. 1993
critically endangered plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera campnospermoides is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a tree endemic to Kalimantan in Indonesia. It is a critically endangered species threatened by habitat loss.
Mangifera nicobarica Kosterm. 1993
endangered plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera nicobarica is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to the Nicobar Islands.
Mangifera blommesteinii Kosterm. 1993
vulnerable plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera blommesteinii is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a tree found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Mangifera austroindica (Mangifera Austro-indica) Kosterm. 1993
endangered plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera austroindica is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in India. It naturally occurs in shola forests
Neolitsea cassia (Grey Bollywood) (L.) Kosterm. 1952
plant species in the lauraceae family
Neolitsea cassia is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is known as "dawulu kurundu - දවුල් කුරුදු" or "kudu dawula - කුඩු දවුල" in Sinhala. It is a shrub or tree native to India, Sri Lanka, and the northern Andaman Islands.
Mangifera transversalis Kosterm. 1993
vulnerable plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera transversalis is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a tree endemic to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia.
Mangifera sumbawaensis Kosterm. 1993
endangered plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera sumbawaensis is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Indonesia. It is native to Sumbawa. Mangifera sumbawaensis is an evergreen tree, it can grow up to 40 metres (130 ft) tall. The bole can be free of branches for up to 25 m (82 ft) and up to 60 cm (24 in) in diameter, sometimes with small buttress. The fruit is harvested from the wild for local use as food.
Mangifera rubropetala Kosterm. 1993
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera rubropetala is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. Its possible range includes Borneo and Sumatra.
Mangifera pedicellata Kosterm. 1993
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera pedicellata is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to Java in Indonesia.
Mangifera dewildei Kosterm. 1993
endangered plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera dewildei is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to North Sumatra in Indonesia. It is a vulnerable species threatened by habitat loss.
Mangifera collina Kosterm. 1993
endangered plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera collina is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to an area near Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Mangifera bullata Kosterm. 1993
plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera bullata is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is found in Indonesia and possibly Malaysia.
Lindera aggregata (Sims) Kosterm. 1974
medicinal plant species in the lauraceae family
Lindera aggregata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree native to southern China, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
Cryptocarya massoy (Massoybark) (Oken) Kosterm. 1955
plant species in the lauraceae family
Cryptocarya massoy (also simply massoy or massoi) is a tree native to New Guinea. Its bark was traded across the Indonesian archipelago.
Cinnadenia Kosterm. 1973
plant genus in the lauraceae family
Cinnadenia is a flowering plant genus belonging to the family Lauraceae. They are present in low and mountain cloud forests in Southeast Asia. The genus was described originally from Vietnam by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans, and published in 1973. The type species is Cinnadenia paniculata.
Beilschmiedia berteroana (Southern Acorn Tree) (Gay) Kosterm. 1938
endangered plant species in the lauraceae family
Beilschmiedia berteroana (southern acorn tree, belloto del sur in Spanish) is a threatened evergreen tree in the family Lauraceae endemic to Chile at 35 to 37°S.
Ocotea lancilimba Kosterm. 1979
critically endangered plant species in the lauraceae family
Ocotea lancilimba is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It is an evergreen tree in the genus Ocotea. It is endemic to Mauritius. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Mangifera rufocostata (Asem Kiat) Kosterm. 1993
vulnerable plant species in the anacardiaceae family
Mangifera rufocostata (locally called asem kiat) is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is a tree found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.
Kalappia celebica Kosterm. 1952
vulnerable plant species in the fabaceae family
Kalappia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. Its only species is Kalappia celebica, a tree found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Jarandersonia Kosterm. 1960
plant genus in the malvaceae family
Jarandersonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is native to Borneo. 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). it was first described and published in Reinwardtia Vol.5 on page 319 in 1960.
Hildegardia cubensis (Urb.) Kosterm. 1960
endangered plant species in the malvaceae family
Hildegardia cubensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae (formerly Sterculiaceae). The species is endemic to Cuba, and is threatened by habitat loss. In Cuba it is commonly known as Guana. Hildegardia cubensis was first described in Urban Symbollae Antillianae vol. IX using specimens collected by Ekman in the municipality of Calixto García, eastern Cuba.
Durio kinabaluensis Kosterm. & Soegeng 1958
plant species in the malvaceae family
Durio kinabaluensis, also known as mountain durian and (locally) as durian tapuloh, is a forest tree in the mallow family.
Beilschmiedia miersii (Bellota) (Gay) Kosterm. 1938
vulnerable plant species in the lauraceae family
Beilschmiedia miersii, commonly known as the northern acorn tree, is a species of evergreen tree in the family Lauraceae. It is native to central Chile from 30 to 35°S., up to 1200 meters (4000 ft) above sea level and lives under very dry conditions. A type locality for B. miersii is the La Campana National Park and Cerro La Campana, where it is associated with the endangered Chilean wine palm.
Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm. 1969
endangered plant species in the chrysobalanaceae family
Atuna indica is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It has been recorded only twice from a small area in the north-west of the Nilgiris, where it grows in submontane evergreen forest. The species was first described as Entosiphon indicum by Richard Henry Beddome in 1864. In 1969 André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans placed the species in genus Atuna as A. indica.
Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm. 1961
plant species in the calophyllaceae family
Mammea suriga is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a medium-sized plant bearing fragrant white flowers. It is cultivated in Western Ghats for its flowers. Its leaves are simple and opposite. It is called Surige Mara in Kannada, Surnga in Kokani, Goa. It is a coastal tree native to south India. A medium tall evergreen tree, the suriga bears small fleshy fruits. The outside of the fruit is green turns yellowish at ripening, surface smooth textured and inedible, covering sweet flesh juicy substance. Flowering starts from mid-February continues until mid-March. The
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