Pieter Willem Korthals

Pieter Willem Korthals ( born September 1, 1807 in Amsterdam, † February 8, 1892 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch botanist. His botanical author abbreviation is " Korth. ".

Life and work

Korthals was a plant collector in Malaysia's. He was from 1831 to 1836, the official botanist voor Nederlandsch Indië in Natuurkundige Commissie ( Natural History Commission for the Dutch East Indies. In his 1840-1844 published work " Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Botanie " he described as the first can traps of carnivorous plants in the genus of pitcher plants ( Nepenthes ).

Ehrentaxa

The genera Korthalsella Tiegh. from the plant family of Sandelholzgewächse ( Santalaceae ) and Korthalsia flower from the plant the palm family ( Arecaceae ) are named after him.

Writings

  • Observationes de Naucleis indicis .... 1839.
  • Over het Geslacht Nepenthes. In: CJ Temminck: Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen; Kruidkunde: 1-44, pls. 1-4, 13-15, 20-22. 1839.
  • Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen. Botanie. From 1840 to 1844.

Swell

  • Robert Zander, Fritz Encke, Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold (eds.): Handbook of Plant Names. 13th edition. Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5.
  • Maria Johanna van Stenis - Krusemann: Malaysian Plant Collectors and Collections, pp. 295-298. In: Flora Malesiana. van Steenis, Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan (ed.), Jakarta, 1950, Ser. 1, vol 1, p 639 Official website of the flora Malesiana
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