LatifSM

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Latif, Soetan Mahmoed

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

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: 1892, Priaman, Sumatra.

career:

Got his education as agriculturist in Holland; Agricultural Officer in Sumatra, 1915-20; planter, and subsequently Labour Controller of the Inspection of Labour in the Outer Possessions, 1929-33; before the war Head of an Indonesian school for agriculture at Kajoe Tanam, SW of Padang, Sumatra. Orchid amateur.

Oberonia latifii J.J.Sm. was named after him.

Collecting localities:

1932. Riouw-Lingga Archipelago: P. Batan (= Batam) (May 8); P. Penoeba (July); P. Bintan: Tandjong Pinang (Oct.). Also in part of the Riouw-Lingga Residency on the mainland of Centr. Sumatra (Indragiri): Sg. Katiman.-1933-39. Sumatra West Coast: G. Tandikat (Dec. 25, 1935); Bt Ambatjang (between Padang Pandjang and Kajoe tanam) (Apr. 1936);¹ watershed between Asam Poelau and Lake Singkarak (July 1936); Ngalau Oere, 600 m alt. (July 17, 1939); etc.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: > 100 nos, principally orchids; some in Herb. Leiden [L].

literature:

(1) S.M. Latif: ‘Onze wandelingen in de natuur’ (Sekola Ekonomi Inst. v. Prakt. Landbouw- en Handelsonderwijs, Kajoe Tanam, S.W.K., Peroespektoes 1937, p. 21-27, 5 fig.); ‘Boschwandelingen om orchideeën’ (in Sumatra Bode 1937).
‘Bunga Anggerik permata belantara Indonesia’ (‘s-Gravenhage 1953).
‘Two orchids of Indonesia’ (Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 35, 1966, p. 907-909, 2 fig.).

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Latif, Soetan Mahmoed
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: 1892, Priaman, Sumatra.
	career: Got his education as agriculturist in Holland; Agricultural Officer in Sumatra, 1915-20; planter, and subsequently Labour Controller of the Inspection of Labour in the Outer Possessions, 1929-33; before the war Head of an Indonesian school for agriculture at Kajoe Tanam, SW of Padang, Sumatra. Orchid amateur. Oberonia latifii J.J.Sm. was named after him.
	Collecting localities: 1932. Riouw-Lingga Archipelago: P. Batan (= Batam) (May 8); P. Penoeba (July); P. Bintan: Tandjong Pinang (Oct.). Also in part of the Riouw-Lingga Residency on the mainland of Centr. Sumatra (Indragiri): Sg. Katiman.-1933-39. Sumatra West Coast: G. Tandikat (Dec. 25, 1935); Bt Ambatjang (between Padang Pandjang and Kajoe tanam) (Apr. 1936);¹ watershed between Asam Poelau and Lake Singkarak (July 1936); Ngalau Oere, 600 m alt. (July 17, 1939); etc.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: > 100 nos, principally orchids; some in Herb. Leiden [L].
	literature: (1) S.M. Latif: ‘Onze wandelingen in de natuur’ (Sekola Ekonomi Inst. v. Prakt. Landbouw- en Handelsonderwijs, Kajoe Tanam, S.W.K., Peroespektoes 1937, p. 21-27, 5 fig.); ‘Boschwandelingen om orchideeën’ (in Sumatra Bode 1937). ‘Bunga Anggerik permata belantara Indonesia’ (‘s-Gravenhage 1953). ‘Two orchids of Indonesia’ (Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 35, 1966, p. 907-909, 2 fig.).
	biographical data: Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.