Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar
Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar (28 December 1832,
botanist. His son, Jan Valckenier Suringar (1864–1932), was also a botanist.[1]
In 1857 he obtained his PhD from the
Rijksherbarium, being the successor of Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel.[2]
In 1884–85 he took part in a scientific expedition to Suriname, British Guiana, Trinidad and the Netherlands Antilles.[2] As a taxonomist he circumscribed numerous species within the genus Melocactus.[3] In 1886 Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre named the genus Suringaria (family Myrtaceae) in his honor.[2]
Selected works
- Observationes phycologicae in floram batavam, 1857.
- Algae japonicae Musei botanici lugduno-batavi, 1870.
- Musée botanique de Leide, 1871–1897 (3 volumes; with Melchior Treub and Jan Valckenier Suringar).
- Zakflora : handleiding tot het bepalen van de in Nederland wildgroeiende planten, in aansluiting met de werken der Nederlandsche Botanische Vereeniging, 1876.
- Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der Melocacti, 1896.[4]
References
- ^ JSTOR Global Plants Suringar, Jan Valckenier (1864–1932)
- ^ a b c BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
- ^ IPNI List of botanical species described by Suringar
- ^ WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by W. F. R Suringar
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Suringar.
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