WijkCLvan

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Wijk, Christiaan Leonard van

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1909, Rotterdam, Holland.

career:

Forester, educated at the Agricultural College, Wageningen; rubber selectionist on some estates in E. Java, 1936-37; from 1937-41 in the employ of the Pedological Institute at Buitenzorg, especially charged with the investigation of tropical swamp forests in the coastal areas of Borneo.¹ After his return from internment as a P.O.W. in Siam and Japan, he was appointed Forest Officer in Lombok (Lesser Sunda Islands) in 1946; in 1948 on sick-leave to Europe.

Collecting localities:

1938. SE. Borneo: environs of Bandjermasin (Sept. 17-25): Mentawei and Kahajan Rivers, on so-called ‘pematangs’ which are only flooded in the rainy season during high tides.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: 70 nos, including a new Loranthaceae, viz Macrosolen urceolatus Danser.²

literature:

(1) Mimeographed reports in the Pedological Institute, Buitenzorg.
C.L. van Wijk: ‘Soil survey of the tidal swamps of South Borneo in connection with the agricultural possibilities’ (Tectona 41, 1951, p. 75-110, maps and photogr.).
(2) cf. Blumea 4, 1941, p. 259-260.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Wijk, Christiaan Leonard van
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1909, Rotterdam, Holland.
	career: Forester, educated at the Agricultural College, Wageningen; rubber selectionist on some estates in E. Java, 1936-37; from 1937-41 in the employ of the Pedological Institute at Buitenzorg, especially charged with the investigation of tropical swamp forests in the coastal areas of Borneo.¹ After his return from internment as a P.O.W. in Siam and Japan, he was appointed Forest Officer in Lombok (Lesser Sunda Islands) in 1946; in 1948 on sick-leave to Europe.
	Collecting localities: 1938. SE. Borneo: environs of Bandjermasin (Sept. 17-25): Mentawei and Kahajan Rivers, on so-called ‘pematangs’ which are only flooded in the rainy season during high tides.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: 70 nos, including a new Loranthaceae, viz Macrosolen urceolatus Danser.²
	literature: (1) Mimeographed reports in the Pedological Institute, Buitenzorg. C.L. van Wijk: ‘Soil survey of the tidal swamps of South Borneo in connection with the agricultural possibilities’ (Tectona 41, 1951, p. 75-110, maps and photogr.). (2) cf. Blumea 4, 1941, p. 259-260.