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Literature

 

Bodegom, Arie Hendrik van

 

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

 

Born: 1902, Middelharnis, Z.H., Holland. Died: 1977.

 

career:

Forest Officer, educated at the Agricultural College, Wageningen; in the employ of the D.E. Indian Forest Service, 1927-42. He made explorations in Djambi (Centr. Sumatra) (1929-31), and in Sumatra East Coast (1931-33, 1934-36).

Author of some important sylvicultural papers.1

 

Collecting localities:

1931. Centr. Sumatra, Djambi, collecting Primula imperialis on G. Masoerai (Oct.).2-1935. Sumatra East Coast.3

 

collections:

He collected in the F.R.I. bb. series; collections in Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF] and Herb. Bog. [BO].

 

literature:

(1) ‘De vloedbosschen in Riouw en Onderhoorigheden’ (Tectona 22, 1929, p. 1302-1332, 1 map); and a typewritten report on the forests of Djambi (1933).

(2) A.H. van Bodegom: ‘Primula imperialis op den G. Masoerai in Djambi’ (Trop. Nat. 21, 1932, p. 43-46).

(3) A.H. van Bodegom: ‘De Asahan Watervallen  (Natuur in Indië, 1937, p. 23-26).