Career

Collecting localities

Collections

 

Loeters, Johannes Jacobus

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

 

Born: 1913, Didam, Netherlands.

 

career:

Roman-Catholic priest. Following his theological education (at Teteringen) he attended the Agricultural School (Koloniale Landbouwschool) at Deventer. Since 1945 stationed at Nita, Flores (Lesser Sunda Is.), teaching at an agricultural school.

 

Collecting localities:

Lesser Sunda Is. since 1952, mainly in Flores (Badjawa, Maomere, Nita, Ruteng, Hokeng, Geli Mutu (30 March 1962) Laramuka, etc., but also on some nearby islets, viz: P. Paloë (N of Flores), P. Lomblen (Apr. 1962), P. Solor (May 3, 1962).

 

collections:

He owns a private herbarium of c. 1000 numbers (with 1 or 2 dupl.) of Flores plants (end 1967: nos 1001-2230). For private use. Some dupl. were sent to Leiden Herb. [L].

The numbers S 50 and S 57 leg. Schouten (July 4, 1961).