André Schuiteman (born 1960,
Amsterdam
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) is a Dutch
botanist
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in the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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in
London
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, United Kingdom, where he is the Research Leader for Asia in Plant Identification and Naming.
''
Schuitemania'', a
genus
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of
orchid
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, was named in his honour.
Publications
. 2014. ''Dendrobieae (p.p.) and Aeridinae (p.p.)'' En: Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, V, Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (Eds.). Genera Orchidacearum. Vol. 6. Epidendroideae (Parte 3) Oxford Univ. Press
*. 2013. ''Vanilla atropogon, a new species from Vietnam''. Orchideen. 1-1; 10-16
*. 2011
''Nocturne for an unknown pollinator: first description of a night-flowering orchid (Bulbophyllum nocturnum)'' Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
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167 ( 3): 344–350 doi 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01183.x 2011. ''The strange case of Dendrobium aphyllum''. Orchid Review 119: 104-110
*. 2008. ''An annotated checklist of the Orchidaceae of Laos''. Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 257-314
*. 2004
''Epiphytism and pollinator specialization: drivers for orchid diversity?''Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 359, 1523–1535
References
1960 births
Living people
Botanists active in Kew Gardens
20th-century Dutch botanists
21st-century Dutch botanists
Leiden University alumni
Scientists from Amsterdam
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