Leendert van der Pijl
Leendert van der Pijl (born December 21, 1903 in Utrecht , † April 16, 1990 in The Hague ) was a Dutch botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Pijl ".
He studied at the University of Amsterdam from 1922 to 1927 and received his doctorate in 1934 for his work on the polyembryony of Eugenia . In 1924 he became a teacher of natural history in Arnhem . In 1926 he went to the Christian Lyceum in Bandung , where he became a teacher and later also rector. With an interruption due to the relocation to the Netherlands as a result of the occupation of the island by Japanese troops, he worked there until 1947. Then he became professor of botany at the Institute Teknologi Bandung . In 1954 he resigned and moved to The Hague , where he became a teacher at a middle school. In 1969 he became a lecturer in botany at Radboud University Nijmegen .
He mainly dealt with problems of flower biology and worked on the flora of Indonesia .
Works
- L. van der Pijl: About the polyembryony in Eugenia De Bussy, 1933
- L. van der Pijl: Plantenleven in Indië 1934
- K. Fægri & L. van der Pijl: The principles of Pollination Ecology Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1966
- L. van der Pijl & CH Dodson: Orchid Flowers: Their Pollination and Evolution University of Miami Press, 1966
- L. van der Pijl: Principles of dispersal in higher plants Springer, 1969
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Leendert van der Pijl at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pijl, Leendert van der |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Utrecht |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1990 |
| Place of death | The hague |