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Winkler, Hans

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

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

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

Born: 1877, Oschatz between Leipsic and Dresden, Germany. Died: 1945, Dresden, Germany.

career:

Botanist who took his Ph.Dr’s degree in 1898 at Leipsic and was probably subsequently appointed at Tübingen. He visited the D.E.I. for the first time in 1903-04, working for several months in the Foreigners’ Laboratory at Buitenzorg for ecological and plant-geographical researches; he studied the culture of coca and cinchona also.¹ Later he was appointed Professor in the University and Director of the Botanical Garden at Hamburg. In 1924-25 he paid a second visit to the D.E.I. with the main purpose of collecting material on behalf of his institute.² The 10th volume of the ‘Mitteilungen Inst. Allg. Botanik Hamburg’ is a ‘Festschrift’ in his honour.

Several Bornean plants were named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936, sub johannis winkleri).

Collecting localities:

Nov. 9, 1903-May 24, 1904. Java: staying at Buitenzorg (W. Java) and making several trips to the volcanoes of Java and paying visits to various estates in Centr. and East Java; Tjibodas in W. Java was visited twice, the last time from Apr. 15-May 4, 1904.-1924-25. W. Java: staying at Buitenzorg (Sept.-Oct. 1924). Expedition to W. and Centr. Borneo,³ with P.W.M. Dakkus and mantri Rachmat (see those): Pontianak (Oct. 30, 1924); ascending the Kapuas as far as Sintang (Nov. 2) and the Melawi to Nanga Pinoh (5); Nanga Pinoh-Nanga Serawai (7-11); Sg. Melakoe (16); ascending the Serawai by sampan (19), Lebang Hara (arriving the 24th), from where making several tours, to Bukit Mulu (= Moeloet of Dakkus), etc. (Nov. 30-Dec. 3); Dec. 5 (according to Dakkus on the 7th) setting out on a trip to Bt Raja via Bt Mehipit (= Mehebit of Dakkus) and Bt Bidang Menabai, reaching the summit of Bt Raja on the 22nd; back at Lebang Hara (30), from where visiting the N. side of Bt Mulu (= Moeloet) (Jan. 5, 1925); downstream the Serawai (8-11) to Nanga Serawai; ascending Melawi River to Sg. Mentibar (16); Nanga Pinoh (18) and downstream to Sintang, from where ascending the Kapuas as far as Putus Sibau (23); proceeding (26); Sg. Mendalam, reaching Nanga obat (27); back at Putus Sibau (Febr. 2); to Nanga Kalis (on the Sg. Mandai) (4); ascending the Mandai as far as the junction with the Sg. Lebangan (6); foot Bt Tilung (8-10); Nanga Raun(g) in the valley of the Sg. Raun(g) (1I); downstream the Mandai to Nanga Arung, Nanga Era; the Kapuas to Putus Sibau (staying 12-15); back at Pontianak (20). After his return in W. Java, he mainly spent his time in the preparation of the collected material ( -March). During his stay at Buitenzorg, either in 1924 (see above) or in 1925, he collected at Situ Gunong (S. slope G. Gedeh).

collections:

The Java collection 1903/04 may be at Tübingen [TUB] or at Hamburg [HBG] (in I915 a herbarium of H. Winkler was presented to Hamburg [HBG], it might include his Java plants); collection 1924-25 in Herb. Hamburg [HBG];⁴ an agreement was made that Herb. Bog. [BO] would be presented with a set, but up to now no more than 174 nos were received; Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. [NY]: part of Borneo dupl. and some from Java; Herb. Leiden [L]: Borneo dupl. Borneo ferns 1924/25 in Herb. C. Christensen = Brit. Mus [BM].⁵

literature:

(1) H. Winkler: ‘Botanische Untersuchungen aus Buitenzorg’ (1905-06, 2 vols).
cf. Dammerman in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 45, 1935, p. 29; and l.c. p. 91.
(2) cf. l.c. p. 46 and 72.
(3) Winkler: ‘Kurzer Bericht über den Verlauf meiner Reise in Central-Borneo’ (Beitr. z. K. d. Fl. v. Borneo, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7, 1927, p. 3-7, 2 maps); ‘Über eine Rafflesia aus Zentral Borneo’ (Arch. Wiss. Bot. Planta 4, 1927, p. 1-97, 1 pl.).
cf. also literature sub Dakkus.
(4) Elaborated in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg from 1927 onwards.
(5) cf. C. Christensen in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamb. 7, 1928, p. 141-165.

biographical data:

Portr. in Dahlgren, Botanisk Genetik, 2, Uppsala 1938, p. 169, pl. 122; in Almanach Oest. Ak. Wiss. 1948 (n.v.); Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges. 68a, 1955, p. 27-32, portr. and bibliogr.; Mitt. Staatsinst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 11, 1957, p. 7-8.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Winkler, Hans
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: 1877, Oschatz between Leipsic and Dresden, Germany. Died: 1945, Dresden, Germany.
	career: Botanist who took his Ph.Dr’s degree in 1898 at Leipsic and was probably subsequently appointed at Tübingen. He visited the D.E.I. for the first time in 1903-04, working for several months in the Foreigners’ Laboratory at Buitenzorg for ecological and plant-geographical researches; he studied the culture of coca and cinchona also.¹ Later he was appointed Professor in the University and Director of the Botanical Garden at Hamburg. In 1924-25 he paid a second visit to the D.E.I. with the main purpose of collecting material on behalf of his institute.² The 10th volume of the ‘Mitteilungen Inst. Allg. Botanik Hamburg’ is a ‘Festschrift’ in his honour. Several Bornean plants were named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936, sub johannis winkleri).
	Collecting localities: Nov. 9, 1903-May 24, 1904. Java: staying at Buitenzorg (W. Java) and making several trips to the volcanoes of Java and paying visits to various estates in Centr. and East Java; Tjibodas in W. Java was visited twice, the last time from Apr. 15-May 4, 1904.-1924-25. W. Java: staying at Buitenzorg (Sept.-Oct. 1924). Expedition to W. and Centr. Borneo,³ with P.W.M. Dakkus and mantri Rachmat (see those): Pontianak (Oct. 30, 1924); ascending the Kapuas as far as Sintang (Nov. 2) and the Melawi to Nanga Pinoh (5); Nanga Pinoh-Nanga Serawai (7-11); Sg. Melakoe (16); ascending the Serawai by sampan (19), Lebang Hara (arriving the 24th), from where making several tours, to Bukit Mulu (= Moeloet of Dakkus), etc. (Nov. 30-Dec. 3); Dec. 5 (according to Dakkus on the 7th) setting out on a trip to Bt Raja via Bt Mehipit (= Mehebit of Dakkus) and Bt Bidang Menabai, reaching the summit of Bt Raja on the 22nd; back at Lebang Hara (30), from where visiting the N. side of Bt Mulu (= Moeloet) (Jan. 5, 1925); downstream the Serawai (8-11) to Nanga Serawai; ascending Melawi River to Sg. Mentibar (16); Nanga Pinoh (18) and downstream to Sintang, from where ascending the Kapuas as far as Putus Sibau (23); proceeding (26); Sg. Mendalam, reaching Nanga obat (27); back at Putus Sibau (Febr. 2); to Nanga Kalis (on the Sg. Mandai) (4); ascending the Mandai as far as the junction with the Sg. Lebangan (6); foot Bt Tilung (8-10); Nanga Raun(g) in the valley of the Sg. Raun(g) (1I); downstream the Mandai to Nanga Arung, Nanga Era; the Kapuas to Putus Sibau (staying 12-15); back at Pontianak (20). After his return in W. Java, he mainly spent his time in the preparation of the collected material ( -March). During his stay at Buitenzorg, either in 1924 (see above) or in 1925, he collected at Situ Gunong (S. slope G. Gedeh).
	collections: The Java collection 1903/04 may be at Tübingen [TUB] or at Hamburg [HBG] (in I915 a herbarium of H. Winkler was presented to Hamburg [HBG], it might include his Java plants); collection 1924-25 in Herb. Hamburg [HBG];⁴ an agreement was made that Herb. Bog. [BO] would be presented with a set, but up to now no more than 174 nos were received; Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard. [NY]: part of Borneo dupl. and some from Java; Herb. Leiden [L]: Borneo dupl. Borneo ferns 1924/25 in Herb. C. Christensen = Brit. Mus [BM].⁵
	literature: (1) H. Winkler: ‘Botanische Untersuchungen aus Buitenzorg’ (1905-06, 2 vols). cf. Dammerman in Ann. Jard. Bot. Buit. 45, 1935, p. 29; and l.c. p. 91. (2) cf. l.c. p. 46 and 72. (3) Winkler: ‘Kurzer Bericht über den Verlauf meiner Reise in Central-Borneo’ (Beitr. z. K. d. Fl. v. Borneo, Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 7, 1927, p. 3-7, 2 maps); ‘Über eine Rafflesia aus Zentral Borneo’ (Arch. Wiss. Bot. Planta 4, 1927, p. 1-97, 1 pl.). cf. also literature sub Dakkus. (4) Elaborated in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg from 1927 onwards. (5) cf. C. Christensen in Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamb. 7, 1928, p. 141-165.
	biographical data: Portr. in Dahlgren, Botanisk Genetik, 2, Uppsala 1938, p. 169, pl. 122; in Almanach Oest. Ak. Wiss. 1948 (n.v.); Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges. 68a, 1955, p. 27-32, portr. and bibliogr.; Mitt. Staatsinst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 11, 1957, p. 7-8.