Sijfert Hendrik Koorders (1863 – 1919) was a
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botanist, who worked primarily on the flora of Java.
Life
Koorders was born in
Bandung, Indonesia on 29 November 1863. In 1881 he graduated from the
Hogere Burgerschool in
Haarlem in the Netherlands. He then pursued advanced studies in forestry at the Royal Prussian Forestry and Hunting Academy in Neustadt Eberswalde, as well as attending classes at the
University of Tübingen
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and the
National Agricultural School in Wageningen. In 1885 he became a forest officer for the Dutch East Indies Forest Service in Java. In 1892 he became a curator at the Herbarium Bogoriense in
Bogor, Java, Indonesia, where he deposited approximately 40,000 specimens. In 1912 he founded the Dutch East Indies Association for Nature Protection.
Legacy
He is the authority for at least 648
taxa
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including:
Several taxa are named in his honor including:
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Begonia koordersii''
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ex L.B.Sm. & Wassh.
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Calamus koordersianus''
Becc.
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Freycinetia koordersiana''
Martelli
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Habenaria koordersii''
J.J.Sm.
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Koordersiella''
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Koordersiodendron pinnatum''
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Myristica koordersii''
Warb.
Otto Warburg (20 July 1859 – 10 January 1938) was a German-Jewish botanist. He was also a notable industrial agriculture expert, and president of the Zionist Organization from 1911 to 1921.
Biography
Otto Warburg was born in Hamburg on 20 ...
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Pandanus koordersii''
Martelli
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Phreatia koordersii''
Rolfe
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Polyscias koordersii''
( Harms) Frodin
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Pomatocalpa koordersii''
Rolfe J.J.Sm.
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Quercus koordersii''
Seemen
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Schefflera koordersii''
Harms
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Trichoglottis koordersii''
Rolfe
References
1863 births
1919 deaths
19th-century Dutch botanists
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