Career

Collecting localities

Collections

Literature

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

Born: 1896, Bussum, N.H., Holland.

career:

Since 1919 Forest Officer in the employ of the D.E. Indian Government; he served in Java, except in the years 1926-31 when he was stationed in Banka.¹

Collecting localities:

P. Kangean, N of Bali (Nov. 20, 1923).-E. Java: Idjen Plateau (Dec. 1923-Jan. 1924).-Banka: ‘padangs’ in S. Banka, kp. Serdang (Jan. 1927) and in N. Banka, kp. Mapor (Jan. 1927); G. Maras (1928).-Billiton: Tandjong Pandan, ‘padangs’ (1928).-W. Java: neighbourhood of Soekaboemi (1936-38).

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: plants from Idjen Plateau, Java, numbered in Beumée’s (see there) series, 47 nos of Banka plants and 3 from Billiton, etc. Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF]: some nos from W. Java, numbered in the Ja. series (cf. sub Forest Research Institute).

Some living plants from Banka to Hort. Bog. (1927).

literature:

(1) Author of ‘Het boschbedrijf, meer in het bijzonder de boschverjonging op Banka en Billiton’ (Tectona 29, 1936, p. 915-927).