Jarandersonia Explained

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

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).^[2] it was first described and published in Reinwardtia Vol.5 on page 319 in 1960.

Known species

According to Kew:

• Jarandersonia clemensiae
• Jarandersonia parvifolia
• Jarandersonia pentaceoides
• Jarandersonia purseglovei
• Jarandersonia rinoreoides
• Jarandersonia spinulosa
• Jarandersonia yahyantha

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jarandersonia Kosterm. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 15 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.