OttensA

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Ottens, Arend

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

Born: 1871. Died: 1925, Weltevreden, Java.

career:

Sergeant in the D.E. Indian Army; since 1911 Assistant and later Custodian of the Museum and Inquiry Office for Economic Botany, Buitenzorg.

Zingiber ottensii Valet. was named after him.

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: Zingiberaceae or behalf of Valeton, but also other plants,¹ probably all from W. Java.

literature:

(1) cf. Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buit. sér. 3, vol. 8, 1926, p. 190.

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collections Literature Biographical data
	Ottens, Arend
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1871. Died: 1925, Weltevreden, Java.
	career: Sergeant in the D.E. Indian Army; since 1911 Assistant and later Custodian of the Museum and Inquiry Office for Economic Botany, Buitenzorg. Zingiber ottensii Valet. was named after him.
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: Zingiberaceae or behalf of Valeton, but also other plants,¹ probably all from W. Java.
	literature: (1) cf. Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buit. sér. 3, vol. 8, 1926, p. 190.
	biographical data: Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.