''Trichospermum galeottii'' is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Malvaceae. It was first described by Russian botanist
Nikolai Turczaninow and it was given its current name by
André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans
Dr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri 'Dok' Kostermans (Purworejo, 1 July 1906 – Jakarta, 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 ...
in 1962. Its native range spans the area between
Mexico and Northwestern
Venezuela and
Peru.
References
galeottii
Plants described in 1962
Taxa named by André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans
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