Pieter Willem Korthals
Pieter Willem Korthals (born September 1, 1807 in Amsterdam , † February 8, 1892 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is “ Korth. "
Live and act
Korthals worked as a plant collector in Malesia . From 1831 to 1836 he was the official botanist at the Natuurkundige Commissie voor Nederlandsch Indië (Natural History Commission for the Dutch East Indies). Botany he was the first to describe the pitcher traps of carnivorous plants of the genus pitcher plants ( Nepenthes ).
Dedication names
The genera Korthalsella Tiegh. from the plant family of the sandalwood family (Santalaceae) and Korthalsia flower from the plant family of the palm family (Arecaceae) are named after him.
Fonts
- Observationes de Naucleis indicis… 1839.
- Over het geslacht Nepenthes . In: CJ Temminck (ed.): Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen . Kruidkunde. 1-44, pls. 1-4, 13-15, 20-22, 1839.
- Negotiating over de natuurlijke divorceis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Botany . ( acehbooks.org [PDF] first edition: 1839, 1840–1844).
swell
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .
- Maria Johanna van Stenis-Krusemann: Malaysian Plant Collectors and Collections. In: Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis, (Ed.): Flora Malesiana. Jakarta 1950, Ser. 1, Volume 1, pp. 295-298 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flora Malesiana. P. 295 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ^ Korthalsella at Flora of Australia Online .
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Pieter Willem Korthals at the IPNI
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Korthals, Pieter Willem |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 1, 1807 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1892 |
Place of death | Haarlem |