Hermann Otto Sleumer (February 21, 1906 in
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...
– October 1, 1993 in
Oegstgeest)
[ was a Dutch ]botanist
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of German birth.[ The plant ]genera
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'' Sleumerodendron'' Virot (Proteaceae
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) and '' Sleumeria'' Utteridge, Nagam. & Teo ( Icacinaceae), are named for him.
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1906 births
1993 deaths
Dutch people of German descent
People from Saarbrücken
20th-century Dutch botanists
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