Biography

Friedrich Miquel was Professor of Botany at the University of Utrecht (1859-1871) and director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden from 1862. He authored several important books on the flora of the Dutch East Indies, but never collected plants in Asia, though his name often appears on herbarium labels.

Prior to his appointments in Utrecht and Leiden, Miquel was head of the botanical gardens in Rotterdam (1835-1846) and Amsterdam (1846-1859). He accumulated large collections by correspondence with collectors and herbaria in Australia and Indonesia. Among his works were Genera Cactearum (1839) and Florae Indiae Batavae (1855-1859).

Sources:
F. Stafleu, 1966, Wentia, 16: 1-95.

Biography

Friedrich Miquel was Professor of Botany at the University of Utrecht (1859-1871) and director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden from 1862. He authored several important books on the flora of the Dutch East Indies, but never collected plants in Asia, though his name often appears on herbarium labels.

Prior to his appointments in Utrecht and Leiden, Miquel was head of the botanical gardens in Rotterdam (1835-1846) and Amsterdam (1846-1859). He accumulated large collections by correspondence with collectors and herbaria in Australia and Indonesia. Among his works were Genera Cactearum (1839) and Florae Indiae Batavae (1855-1859).

Sources:
F. Stafleu, 1966, Wentia, 16: 1-95.