RaapH

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Raap, Hugo

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

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

career:

Gardener of the Botanic Garden at Genoa, who worked for some time under the direction of Penzig in preparation for his voyage to the D.E.I. He evidently was a peculiar man; Fairchild gives some particulars¹ on Mr Rapps, as he erroneously names him; the statement that he disappeared during the Nias expedition does not hold true.

Homalomena raapii Engl. and other plants were named after him.

Collecting localities:²

1896. He arrived in Java towards the end of May, and collected in the following localities in W. Java: environs of Buitenzorg (May-July), G. Salak (June 2 and 7), G. Tjibodas near Tjampea (June 11), Tandjong Priok and Batavia and environs (June 14-15), G. Salak (June 22); Tjibodas on the slope of G. Gedeh (July 2-24), G. Gedeh (16), Tjisaroea (20), G. Pangrango (26). -1896-97. Batoe Islands, W of Sumatra: P. Masa (Sept. 1, 1896), P. Tello (= Poelautelo) (Sept. 3-5); P. Batoe Makele (7-8), P. Sigata (9), P. Tello (10), P. Tanah Musa (15-25; the 15th visiting P. Sago too), P. Tello (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), P. Tanah Masa (Oct. 1), P. Tello (Oct. 3-17), P. Pini (Oct. 28-Nov. 14), P. Sago (Nov. 20), P. Sibraro (27); in December to Padang, Sumatra West Coast, for medical treatment; P. Pini (Jan. 4-14, 1897), P. Tanah Masa (18), P. Tello (23), P. Tanah Bala (Febr. 1, 5-8), P. Tanah Masa (Febr. 15-20); returning to Batavia via Padang.-1897. W. Java: Tjibodas (May). P. Nias, W of Sumatra:³from Goenoeng Sitoli (harbour) (July 27), to the Hili Madjajan, ascending the latter; Goenoeng Sitoli (staying a fortnight); departing (Sept. 18) to the southern part of the island, at Teluk Dalam (= Teloekdalem) etc.; to Lagundi (Oct. 30), the Hili Mataluo; Naku Islands (= Hinako Islands) (Nov. 17); visiting by boat some places in the northern part of Nias; Goenoeng Sitoli (Dec. 13); falling ill again, and sailing for Padang.

collections:

Herb. Bot. Mus. Genoa [GE]. The large collection from W. Java (in Herb. Genoa) was partly identified by H. Hallier f. In Herb. Bog. [BO]: 570 nos dupl. Batoe Islands; Herb. Berl. [B]: 8 portfolios with herbarium from Java and Sumatra (pres. by Prof. Knuth in 1932/33); also dupl. in Herb. Leiden [L].⁴

Living orchids from P. Tello in Hort. Bog.

Is cited to have collected lichens and mosses in Columbia in 1904 (cf. Urban, Gesch. Kön. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berl.-Dahl. 1916, p. 289, 311).

In literature more than once the year 1894 is mentioned as the year of collecting. This must be based on an error, possibly part of the collection (duplicates ? ) was mislabelled. It is not sure whether any plants were collected in Nias; the ethnological objects depicted in his paper on that island, are in the Municipal Museum at Braunschweig.

literature:

(1) In ‘The world was my garden’ (London & New York 1938) p. 61, 75-76.
(2) Data derived from a list of the collection in the Herbarium at Buitenzorg.
(3) H. Raap: ‘Reisen auf der Insel Nias bei Sumatra’ (Globus 83, 1903, p.147-154, 171-178, w.fig.).
(4) cf. Meded. ‘s Rijks Herb. Leiden no 37, 1918, p. 1-92.

biographical data:

Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Raap, Hugo
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	career: Gardener of the Botanic Garden at Genoa, who worked for some time under the direction of Penzig in preparation for his voyage to the D.E.I. He evidently was a peculiar man; Fairchild gives some particulars¹ on Mr Rapps, as he erroneously names him; the statement that he disappeared during the Nias expedition does not hold true. Homalomena raapii Engl. and other plants were named after him.
	Collecting localities:² 1896. He arrived in Java towards the end of May, and collected in the following localities in W. Java: environs of Buitenzorg (May-July), G. Salak (June 2 and 7), G. Tjibodas near Tjampea (June 11), Tandjong Priok and Batavia and environs (June 14-15), G. Salak (June 22); Tjibodas on the slope of G. Gedeh (July 2-24), G. Gedeh (16), Tjisaroea (20), G. Pangrango (26). -1896-97. Batoe Islands, W of Sumatra: P. Masa (Sept. 1, 1896), P. Tello (= Poelautelo) (Sept. 3-5); P. Batoe Makele (7-8), P. Sigata (9), P. Tello (10), P. Tanah Musa (15-25; the 15th visiting P. Sago too), P. Tello (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), P. Tanah Masa (Oct. 1), P. Tello (Oct. 3-17), P. Pini (Oct. 28-Nov. 14), P. Sago (Nov. 20), P. Sibraro (27); in December to Padang, Sumatra West Coast, for medical treatment; P. Pini (Jan. 4-14, 1897), P. Tanah Masa (18), P. Tello (23), P. Tanah Bala (Febr. 1, 5-8), P. Tanah Masa (Febr. 15-20); returning to Batavia via Padang.-1897. W. Java: Tjibodas (May). P. Nias, W of Sumatra:³from Goenoeng Sitoli (harbour) (July 27), to the Hili Madjajan, ascending the latter; Goenoeng Sitoli (staying a fortnight); departing (Sept. 18) to the southern part of the island, at Teluk Dalam (= Teloekdalem) etc.; to Lagundi (Oct. 30), the Hili Mataluo; Naku Islands (= Hinako Islands) (Nov. 17); visiting by boat some places in the northern part of Nias; Goenoeng Sitoli (Dec. 13); falling ill again, and sailing for Padang.
	collections: Herb. Bot. Mus. Genoa [GE]. The large collection from W. Java (in Herb. Genoa) was partly identified by H. Hallier f. In Herb. Bog. [BO]: 570 nos dupl. Batoe Islands; Herb. Berl. [B]: 8 portfolios with herbarium from Java and Sumatra (pres. by Prof. Knuth in 1932/33); also dupl. in Herb. Leiden [L].⁴ Living orchids from P. Tello in Hort. Bog. Is cited to have collected lichens and mosses in Columbia in 1904 (cf. Urban, Gesch. Kön. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berl.-Dahl. 1916, p. 289, 311). In literature more than once the year 1894 is mentioned as the year of collecting. This must be based on an error, possibly part of the collection (duplicates ? ) was mislabelled. It is not sure whether any plants were collected in Nias; the ethnological objects depicted in his paper on that island, are in the Municipal Museum at Braunschweig.
	literature: (1) In ‘The world was my garden’ (London & New York 1938) p. 61, 75-76. (2) Data derived from a list of the collection in the Herbarium at Buitenzorg. (3) H. Raap: ‘Reisen auf der Insel Nias bei Sumatra’ (Globus 83, 1903, p.147-154, 171-178, w.fig.). (4) cf. Meded. ‘s Rijks Herb. Leiden no 37, 1918, p. 1-92.
	biographical data: Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.