DakkusPMW

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Dakkus, Pieter Martinus Wilhelmus

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

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

Born: 1892, Utrecht, Holland. Died: 1958, Amsterdam, Holland.

career:

Since Nov. 1920 till World War II, Curator of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg. At the end of 1920 he accompanied Docters van Leeuwen to Fort de Kock, Sumatra West Coast,¹ in 1924/25 the expedition of Hans Winkler to Central Borneo, attended by the native plant collector Rachmat (see there).

Author of a book on orchids.

Collecting localities:

Sumatra West Coast: Padang (1920).-W. Java: Kandangbadak on G. Gedeh (March 1921); Depok (1921); G. Pantjar and Paniisan with R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink and W.M. Docters van Leeuwen (Dec. 8-10, 1923); Radjamandala and Sangian Tikoro (Jan. 20-21, 1924); Bolang Estate, Pasir Tjerèwèd (June 7-10, 1924); P. Kerkhof, Bay of Batavia (1924).- Winkler Borneo Expedition, Oct. 1924 -March 1925,² cf. Itiner. etc. sub Hans Winkler.

collections:

350 nos of living material from Borneo for Hort. Bog.;³ possibly some specimens of dried material in Herb. Bog. [BO]. Living plants from the other localities in Hort. Bog. too. Some Java dupl. (1923) in Leiden [L].

literature:

(1) cf. Verkl. Pl. Tuin Buitenzorg for 1920, p. 2.
(2) P. DAKkus: ‘Verslag van een reis naar Centraal-Borneo. Oct. 1924-Maart 1925’ (Ind. Comité Wet. Onderz. 1925, 16 pp., w. map); ‘Naar den Boekit Raja in Centraal-Borneo’ (Trop. Nat. 14, 1925, p. 129-139, 7 fig.); ‘In bet bovenstroomgebied van de Kapoeas’ (l.c. 16, 1927, p. 168-172, 3 fig.).
(3) cf. Verkl. Pl. Tuin Buitenzorg for 1925, p. 13-15.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Dakkus, Pieter Martinus Wilhelmus
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1892, Utrecht, Holland. Died: 1958, Amsterdam, Holland.
	career: Since Nov. 1920 till World War II, Curator of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg. At the end of 1920 he accompanied Docters van Leeuwen to Fort de Kock, Sumatra West Coast,¹ in 1924/25 the expedition of Hans Winkler to Central Borneo, attended by the native plant collector Rachmat (see there). Author of a book on orchids.
	Collecting localities: Sumatra West Coast: Padang (1920).-W. Java: Kandangbadak on G. Gedeh (March 1921); Depok (1921); G. Pantjar and Paniisan with R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink and W.M. Docters van Leeuwen (Dec. 8-10, 1923); Radjamandala and Sangian Tikoro (Jan. 20-21, 1924); Bolang Estate, Pasir Tjerèwèd (June 7-10, 1924); P. Kerkhof, Bay of Batavia (1924).- Winkler Borneo Expedition, Oct. 1924 -March 1925,² cf. Itiner. etc. sub Hans Winkler.
	collections: 350 nos of living material from Borneo for Hort. Bog.;³ possibly some specimens of dried material in Herb. Bog. [BO]. Living plants from the other localities in Hort. Bog. too. Some Java dupl. (1923) in Leiden [L].
	literature: (1) cf. Verkl. Pl. Tuin Buitenzorg for 1920, p. 2. (2) P. DAKkus: ‘Verslag van een reis naar Centraal-Borneo. Oct. 1924-Maart 1925’ (Ind. Comité Wet. Onderz. 1925, 16 pp., w. map); ‘Naar den Boekit Raja in Centraal-Borneo’ (Trop. Nat. 14, 1925, p. 129-139, 7 fig.); ‘In bet bovenstroomgebied van de Kapoeas’ (l.c. 16, 1927, p. 168-172, 3 fig.). (3) cf. Verkl. Pl. Tuin Buitenzorg for 1925, p. 13-15.