Dirk_Fok_van_Slooten

Dirk Fok van Slooten

Dirk Fok van Slooten

Dutch botanist


Dirk Fok van Slooten (1891, Amersfoort, the Netherlands – 1953, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from Utrecht University in 1919. In 1948 he became acting director of the Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java.[1]

Van Slooten named over 130 plant species, including species such as Dipterocarpus borneensis.[2] The species Shorea slootenii is named for him.[3]

Selected bibliography

  • The Flacourtiaceae of the Dutch East Indies, 1925
  • The Dipterocarpaceae of the Dutch East Indies, 1926
  • Ridley and the Flora of the Netherlands Indies, 1935

References

  1. "Slooten, Dirk Fok van". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. Ashton, P. S. (2004). "Shorea Roxb.". In Soepadmo, E.; Saw, L. G.; Chung, R. C. K. (eds.). Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak. Vol. 5. Forest Research Institute Malaysia. pp. 334–335. ISBN 983-2181-59-3.



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