WesterhoutJB

Career

Collections

Literature

Westerhout, J.B.

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

career:

A Dutch inhabitant of Malacca, in 1832 put in charge of Naning, and in 1837 appointed Assistant Resident of Malacca; friend of Griffith, who sent plants to the latter from Keru between Ayer Panas and Tebong, Malay Peninsula,¹ probably in the forties.

Arenga westerhoutii Griff. was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936).

collections:

cf. sub Griffith.

literature:

(1) cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, p. 134, 182.

	Career Collections Literature
	Westerhout, J.B.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	career: A Dutch inhabitant of Malacca, in 1832 put in charge of Naning, and in 1837 appointed Assistant Resident of Malacca; friend of Griffith, who sent plants to the latter from Keru between Ayer Panas and Tebong, Malay Peninsula,¹ probably in the forties. Arenga westerhoutii Griff. was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936).
	collections: cf. sub Griffith.
	literature: (1) cf. Burkill in Gard. Bull. Str. Settlem. 4, 1927, p. 134, 182.