Pieter van Royen

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Pieter van Royen (* 1923 in Lahat , South Sumatra , Indonesia ; † 2002 ) was a Dutch botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " P.Royen ".

Life

In 1933 he moved with his family from Indonesia to the Netherlands. At the University of Utrecht he obtained his doctorate there in 1951 with the first volume of a monograph on the Podostemaceae of the Neotropics , the second and third volumes of which he presented in 1953 and 1954, respectively.

From 1951 to 1962 he worked at the Rijksherbarium in Leiden , from 1954 to 1955 he undertook his first botanical exploration in New Guinea . From 1962 to 1965 he was employed at the Lae Botanical Garden there and at the same time from 1964 to 1965 at the Queensland Herbarium in Brisbane, Australia .

In May 1967 he became a curator at the BP Bishop Museum Herbarium in Honolulu , Hawaii ; he held this position until his retirement in 1983. During this time he devoted himself continuously to further research into the flora of New Guinea.

With his work, Van Royen has significantly enhanced knowledge of the New Guinea flora. His monograph on the Podostemonaceae is a fundamental standard work up to the present day; the American botanist C. Thomas Philbrick wrote about it: “Much of our current knowledge of the taxonomy of the New World Podostemaceae is based in large part on the work of Dr. P. van Royen. "( " Much of our present understanding of the taxonomy of Podostemaceae in the New World rests heavily on the work of Dr. P. van Royen " ).

Honors

The genus Van-royena Aubrév. from the family of sapotaceae (Sapotaceae) was named in 1964 by van Royen. The generic name Vanroyenella Novelo & CTPhilbrick from the Podostemaceae family also honors P. van Royen.

Works (selection)

  • The Podostemaceae of the New World, Vol. I , in: Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht, 107: 1-151, 1951
  • The Podostemaceae of the New World, Vol. II , in: Acta Bot. Neerl. 2 (1): 1-21, 1953
  • The Podostemaceae of the New World, Vol. III , in: Acta Bot. Neerl. 3: 215-263,1954
  • The genus Rubus [Rosaceae] in New Guinea , Vaduz, Cramer, 1969
  • P. van Royen & PR Reitz, Podostemáceas , in: PR Reitz. (Ed.). Flora Illustrada Catarinense, 1a (5): 2-36, 1971
  • Sertulum Papuanum 17. Corsiaceae of New Guinea and surrounding areas , in: Webbia 27: pp. 223-255, 1972
  • The alpine flora of New Guinea , Vaduz, 1979, ISBN 3768212440
  • Genus Corybas (Orchidaceae in Its Eastern Areas) , 1984, ISBN 3768213676

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of C. Thomas Philbrick, Western Connecticut State University
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Royen, Pieter van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch botanist
DATE OF BIRTH 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Lahat , South Sumatra , Indonesia
DATE OF DEATH 2002