Hermann Otto Sleumer (February 21, 1906 in Saarbrücken – October 1, 1993 in

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) was a Dutch botanist of

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birth. The plant genera ''

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'' Virot ( Proteaceae) and ''

Sleumeria ''Sleumeria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae. Its native range is Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Mariti ...

'' Utteridge, Nagam. & Teo (

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), are named for him.

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1906 births 1993 deaths Dutch people of German descent People from Saarbrücken 20th-century Dutch botanists {{Netherlands-botanist-stub