Teijsmann, Johannes Elias (1809-1882)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Johannes Elias
Last name
Teijsmann
Initials
J.E.
Life Dates
1809 - 1882
Collecting Dates
1842 - 1877
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Algae
Bryophytes
Fungi
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
BO (main), A, B, BM, BR, C, CAL, FH, FI, G-DC, GDOR, GH, H, K, L, LE, MANCH, MEL, MICH, NY, P, PC, PNH, PR, SI, U, W
Countries
Australasia: Papua New GuineaIndo-China: ThailandMalesian region: Malaysia, Indonesia
Associate(s)
Binnendijk, Simon (1821-1883) (co-author)
de Vriese, Willem Hendrik (1806-1862) (co-collector)
Hance, Henry Fletcher (1827-1886) (specimens to)
Teysmann, J.E. (synonym)
Biography
Dutch botanist who was Director of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens for more than 50 years, the institution later becoming the Kebun Raya Bogor or Bogor Botanic Gardens. The modern gardens include the Teijsmann Garden as a memorial to their former director. Teijsmann was responsible for cultivation on a systematic basis of Vanilla in Java, introduced in 1846. The genus Johannesteijsmannia H.E. Moore in the Arecaceae was named in his honour.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 636; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 64; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. T-Z (1988): 1001, 1006;
Teijsmann, Johannes Elias (1809-1882)
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