BalenJAvan

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Biographical data

Balen, J.A. van

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

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

Born: 1854. Died: 1941.

career:

Dutch missionary, of the Utrecht Mission Society, who went to New Guinea in 1882; arrived in New Guinea in Jan. 1883, his first station being P. Roön in the Geelvink Bay. In 1889 he established a missionary station at Windehsi. He resigned in 1913.

Collecting localities:

He is cited by Martelli as the collector (wrongly written ‘von’) of Pandanus leiophyllus Martelli n. sp. in a small island near the coast of Winde(h)si, Geelvink Bay, Dutch NW. New Guinea in July 1905 (cf. Webbia 4, 1913, p. 423).

collections:

Material in Herb. Martelli (= Florence [FI]).

biographical data:

Ned. Zendingsblad 24, 1941, p. 91 + portr. (the initials are erroneously mentioned as A.J.).

	Career Collecting localities Collections Biographical data
	Balen, J.A. van
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1854. Died: 1941.
	career: Dutch missionary, of the Utrecht Mission Society, who went to New Guinea in 1882; arrived in New Guinea in Jan. 1883, his first station being P. Roön in the Geelvink Bay. In 1889 he established a missionary station at Windehsi. He resigned in 1913.
	Collecting localities: He is cited by Martelli as the collector (wrongly written ‘von’) of Pandanus leiophyllus Martelli n. sp. in a small island near the coast of Winde(h)si, Geelvink Bay, Dutch NW. New Guinea in July 1905 (cf. Webbia 4, 1913, p. 423).
	collections: Material in Herb. Martelli (= Florence [FI]).
	biographical data: Ned. Zendingsblad 24, 1941, p. 91 + portr. (the initials are erroneously mentioned as A.J.).