Benedictus Hubertus Danser (May 24, 1891,

Schiedam Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...

– October 18, 1943,

Groningen Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...

), often abbreviated B. H. Danser, was a Dutch

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...

and

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. Danser specialised in the plant families

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

Nepenthaceae ''Nepenthes'' () is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mos ...

, and

Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus ''Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 ...

. In 1928, Danser published an exhaustive revision of the genus ''

Nepenthes ''Nepenthes'' () is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species, and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids. They are mos ...

'', recognising 65 species in "

The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies" is a seminal monograph by B. H. Danser on the tropical pitcher plants of the Dutch East Indies and surrounding regions. It was originally published in the ''Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'' ...

". While nowadays more than 140 species of ''Nepenthes'' are known,McPherson, S.R. 2011. '' New Nepenthes: Volume One''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. Danser's work is still referenced by specialists in the field.Clarke, C.M. 2006. Introduction. In: Danser, B.H. ''The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. pp. 1–15. Danser died in Groningen on October 18, 1943. The genus ''

Dansera ''Dialium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae. Velvet tamarind is a common name for several species. Species , The Plant List accepts the following species: *'' Dialium angolense'' Oliv. *'' Dialium ...

'' (

Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

) and the species ''

Nepenthes danseri ''Nepenthes danseri'' (; after B. H. Danser, botanist) is a species of tropical pitcher plant. It is known only from the northern coast of Waigeo Island; plants from Halmahera, the largest of the Maluku Islands, are now recognised as belonging ...

'' (

), ''

Rumex danseri The docks and sorrels, genus ''Rumex'', are a genus of about 200 species of annual, biennial, and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae. Members of this genus are very common perennial herbs with a native almost worldwide distrib ...

'' (

) and ''

Taxillus danseriana ''Taxillus''（Chinese : 桑寄生） is a plant genus in the mistletoe family: Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plan ...

'' (

) are named after him.

References

* Jansen, P. & W.H. Wachter 1943. In memoriam Benedictus Hubertus Danser. ''Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief'' 53: 129–132, 133–136. 1891 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists Dutch taxonomists People from Schiedam {{Netherlands-botanist-stub

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