Heyne, Karel |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1877, Amsterdam, Holland. Died: 1947, Bennekom, Gld, Holland. |
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At first commercial employee at Batavia, Java; Chief of the Museum and Inquiry Office for Economic Botany at Buitenzorg (W. Java), 1906-27. Author of ‘De nuttige planten van Ned. Indië’ (Buitenzorg, 2nd ed. 1927). Some plants were named after him. |
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Centr. Sumatra: Djambi; W. Java: Buitenzorg, Nirmala Estate. |
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Herb. Bog. [BO]: a large amount of plants from the Mal. Arch. (pres. 1913); his collection is the documentary evidence of his book on economic plants; material was sent to him from all parts of the Archipelago. In Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF]: set with the original labels of the collectors Achmad etc. He employed collectors, l.c. Achmad, Beguin, Dumas, Grashoff, Gusdorf, Lambach (see those); cf. also sub Bruinier and A. Ottens. |
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Soerab. Handelsblad April 6, 1927, p. 3; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |