Dirk Fok van Slooten (1891,

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, the Netherlands – 1953,

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, the Netherlands) was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from

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in 1919. In 1948 he became acting director of the Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now

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. Van Slooten named over 130 plant species, including species such as ''

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''. The species '' Shorea slootenii'' is named for him.

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

1891 births 1953 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists Utrecht University alumni People from Amersfoort {{Netherlands-botanist-stub