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Royen, Adriaan van

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

Born: 1704, Leiden, Holland. Died: 1779, Leiden, Holland.

career:

From 1732-55 Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University, from 1755-75 exclusively of Medicine.

Author of some botanical papers.¹

Melastoma royeni Blume was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936).

collections:

Herb. Leiden [L]; in Herb. Brit. Mus. [BM]: plants from the East Indies (ex Herb. Banks); also plants in Herb. Burman (= Herb. Deless. (Geneva [G]) & Leiden [L]); he forwarded plants to Linnaeus too.² His herbarium was used by Blume, when the latter worked out the Melastomaceae.³

He never visited the Indies; probably plants from there were sent to him, and inserted into his own herbarium without mentioning the actual collector.

literature:

(1) cf. Pritzel, Thes. Lit. Bot., 1872.
(2) cf. Lasègue, Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 66 and p. 358; A. Decandolle, Phytographie, 1880, p. 445.
(3) cf. Flora 15, 1831, p. 473.

	Career Collections Literature
	Royen, Adriaan van
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1704, Leiden, Holland. Died: 1779, Leiden, Holland.
	career: From 1732-55 Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University, from 1755-75 exclusively of Medicine. Author of some botanical papers.¹ Melastoma royeni Blume was named after him (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936).
	collections: Herb. Leiden [L]; in Herb. Brit. Mus. [BM]: plants from the East Indies (ex Herb. Banks); also plants in Herb. Burman (= Herb. Deless. (Geneva [G]) & Leiden [L]); he forwarded plants to Linnaeus too.² His herbarium was used by Blume, when the latter worked out the Melastomaceae.³ He never visited the Indies; probably plants from there were sent to him, and inserted into his own herbarium without mentioning the actual collector.
	literature: (1) cf. Pritzel, Thes. Lit. Bot., 1872. (2) cf. Lasègue, Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 66 and p. 358; A. Decandolle, Phytographie, 1880, p. 445. (3) cf. Flora 15, 1831, p. 473.