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Geerts-Ronner, Sjoerdtje Johanna

 

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

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

 

Born: 1882, Dokkum, Fr., Holland.

 

career:

Pupil of Prof. Hugo de Vries, who passed the natural history examination (K IV) at Amsterdam; in 1915 Assistant at the Agricultural Department of the Experiment Station for the Java Sugar Industry; subsequently she married Dr J.M. Geerts (see there).1

 

Collecting localities:

1927. E. Java.-1928. W. Java: Sindanglaja, Tjibodas-G. Gede(h), G. Papandajan; E. Java: Madioen, Sarangan; Ngoro (Djombang); the neighbourhood of Soerabaja;2 Wonokitri, Grissee, Sidhoardjo; Soembermiri, Bondowoso, Idjen Plateau; Madoera-1929. E. Java: Idjen Plateau; Madoera.

 

collections:

Herb. Pasoer. [PAS now in BO]: 92 nos (acq. 1928-29); also plants in Herb. Bog. [BO].

 

literature:

(1) Authoress of ‘Vacantie in de bergen. Schetsen van landschap en flora’ (Batavia 1927, Bibl. N.I. Nat. Hist. Ver. no 2); ‘Een tocht door Rembang en Noord-Sumatra’ (De Ind. Post Oct. 10, 1925, p. 10; l.c. Nov. 7, p. 12; Nov. 14, p. 12; Nov. 28, p. 7).

(2) S.J. Geerts-Ronner: ‘Uit Soerabaja’s omstreken’ (Trop. Nat. 13, 1924, p. 161-173. 17 fig. and l.c. 29, 1940, p. 101-106).