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Literature

 

Eechoud, Jan Piet Karel van

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

 

Born: 1907, Horst, L., Holland. Died: 1958, Hollandia, New Guinea.

 

career:

Superintendent of Police, at present Resident of New Guinea, stationed at Hollandia.

Leader of several expeditions in Dutch New Guinea. At the instigation of the Forest Officer L.J. van Dijk (see there), he collected material of forest trees in 1939/40 during an expedition to Swart Valley.

 

Collecting localities:

Dutch North New Guinea.1 Between Oct. 14, 1939 and Jan. 10, 1940 near the Mamberamo River.

 

collections:

Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF]: 146 bb. nos; dupl. in Herb. Bog. [BO].

 

literature:

(1) J.P.K. van Eechoud: ‘Verslag van de exploratie naar Centraal Nieuw Guinea begonnen op 3 Mei 1939, afgebroken wegens het uitbreken van den oorlog op 10 Mei 1940’ (3 vols, mimeographed).