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O’Herne, C.

 

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

 

Born: 1895, Semarang, Java.

 

career:

Was educated at the Technical School, Amsterdam; from 1920 in different positions on the s.f. Tjepiring near Kendal, Centr. Java. He started plant collecting when temporarily on half-pay, in the years 1933-35.1

 

Collecting localities:

1933-35. Centr. Java: in the vicinity of Rawah Pening near Ambarawa; Kali Bening and Blabak (near Magelang and Moentilan); in ‘tambaks’ (fish ponds) on the N. coast near Kendal.

 

collections:

He sent aquatic plants for identification to Herb. Bog. [BO], where some plants may have been detained. His private herbarium was lost during the Japanese occupation of Java.

 

literature:

(1) He published some papers in Aqua-terra.

 

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