Karel Bernard Boedijn (29 June 1893 – 29 August 1964) was a Dutch
botanist
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and
mycologist
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. Born in
Amsterdam
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, he graduated with a PhD from the
University of Amsterdam
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in 1925; his thesis was titled "Der Zusammenhang zwischen den Chromosomen und Mutationen bei ''Oenothera lamarckiana''" (The relationship between chromosomes and mutations in ''Oenothera lamarckiana'').
Selected publications
*Boedijn KB, Steinmann A. (1931). "Les espèces des genres ''Helicobasidium'' et ''Septobasidium'' des Indes Néerlandaises" (The species in the genera ''Helicobasidium'' and ''Septobasidium'' in Java, Bali, and Malaysia). ''Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitzenzorg'' 3rd series, 11:2 pp. 165–219.
*Boedijn KB. (1932). "The genus Sarcosoma in Netherlands India". ''Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'' 3rd series, 12:2 pp. 273–279.
*Boedijn KB. (1932). "The Phallineae of the Netherlands East Indies". ''Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'' 3rd series, 12 pp. 71–103.
*Boedijn KB. (1933). "The genera ''Phillipsia'' and ''Cookeina'' in Netherlands India". ''Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg'' 3rd series, 13:1 pp. 57–76.
*Boedijn KB. (1951). "Notes on Indonesian fungi. The genus ''Amanita''". ''Sydowia'' 5: 317–327.
*Boedijn KB. (1961). "Myriangiales from Indonesia". ''Persoonia'' 2 (1): 63–75.
*Boedijn KB. (1962). "The Sordariaceae of Indonesia". ''Persoonia'' 2 (3): 305–320.
Eponymous taxa
Many species as well as narrower and broader
taxonomical
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units have been named for Boedijn.
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Boedijnopeziza'' S.Ito & S.Imai (1937)
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Asterina boedijniana'' Hansf. (1954)
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Ceramothyrium boedijnii'' Bat., Nascim. & Cif. (1962)
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Chaetothyrium boedijnii'' Hansf. (1957)
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Cordierites boedijnii'' W.Y.Zhuang (1988)
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Gastroboletus boedijnii'' Lohwag (1926)
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Inocybe trechispora'' var. ''boedijnii'' Singer (1936)
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Lembosia boedijnii'' Hansf. (1945)
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Meliola boedijniana'' Hansf. (1954)
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Meliola boedijnii'' Cif. (1951)
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Midotis boedijnii'' Cif. (1957)
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Pseudocercospora boedijniana'' U.Braun (2001)
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Septobasidium boedijnii'' Couch ex L.D.Gómez & Henk (2004)
See also
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:Taxa named by Karel Bernard Boedijn
Further reading
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References
1893 births
1964 deaths
20th-century Dutch botanists
Dutch mycologists
University of Amsterdam alumni
Scientists from Amsterdam
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