Paul Maas (botanist)

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Paul Maas (born February 27, 1939 in Arnhem ), actually Paulus Johannes Maria Maas , is a Dutch botanist . His main research interests are mykoheterotrophic plants, ginger plants and annone plants . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Maas ".

Life

Maas originally wanted to study chemistry, but then studied biology at the University of Utrecht from 1957 to 1964 . He then undertook extensive research trips through the Neotropics until 1986 . In 1973 he was awarded a doctorate for his "Revision of the New World Costoideae" . Maas had been employed at the Institute for Systematic Botany in Utrecht since 1965, and from 1974 he was curator for flowering plants of what is now the National Herbarium .

Maas often worked closely with his wife Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer , since 1982 also temporarily with Traudel Rübsamen . For Flora Neotropica he wrote five volumes from 1972 to 1986 on ginger plants, Burmanniaceae , Triuridaceae and Gentianaceae , and he also wrote volumes for many other flora .

Maas has collected over 10,000 plants and described more than 250 new taxa.

Works (selection)

  • Flora Neotropica 40 - Triuridaceae , 1986 (with Traudel rapeseed)
  • Flora Neotropica 41 - Voyria and Voyriella (Gentianaceae) , 1986 (with P. Ruyters)
  • Flora Neotropica 42 - Burmanniaceae , 1986 (with H. Maas-van de Kamer, J. van Benthem, HCM Snelders and T. Rübsamen)
  • Flora Neotropica 61 - Haemodoraceae , 1993 (with H. Maas-van de Kamer)
  • Flora of the Guianas. Series A: Phanerogams: Fasc. 6: Burmanniaceae , 1986 (with H. Maas-van de Kamer)
  • Flora de Colombia 6 - Triuridaceae , 1988
  • Flora de Colombia 7 - Burmanniaceae , 1988 (with H. Maas-van de Kamer)
  • Neotropical Plant Families , 1998 (with Lubbert Y. Th. Westra)

literature

  • Paul JM Maas / Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer: Triuridaceae / Burmanniaceae , In: Polidoro Pinto, Gustavo Lozano (eds.): Flora de Colombia , Vol. 6/7, 1988, p. 125.

Web links

Individual evidence

Most of the information in this article has been taken from the sources given under literature; the following sources are also cited:

  1. ↑ a b Entry on Maas on the research website burmanniaceae.org , accessed on November 17, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Maas, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maas, Paul J .; Maas, Paul JM; Maas, Paulus Johannes Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch botanist
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnhem