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Hoekstra, Pieter

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Addenda & Corrigenda)

 

Born: 1911, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr., Holland.

 

career:

Since 1936 veterinary surgeon in D.E. Indian Government service; for some months stationed at Bandoeng (W. Java), from the end of 1936-April 1938 at Taroetoeng (Tapanoeli, Sumatra) and since April 1938 at Waingapoe (Soemba, Lesser Sunda Isls).

Author of ‘Paardenteelt op het eiland Soemba’ (Veeartsenijkundige Meded. no 90, Batavia 1948, 190 pp., incl. App. A.-D. and Summary; App. C. is a list of 33 grasses).

 

collections:

Herb. Bog [BO]: some 20 grasses and fodder plants from Soemba, including Microchloa tenella Domin, new for the D.E.I. (already known from Australia), received in Febr. 1940.