Karel Bernard Boedijn (29 June 1893 – 29 August 1964) was a Dutch botanist and mycologist. Born in Amsterdam, he graduated with a PhD from the University of Amsterdam in 1925; his thesis was titled "Der Zusammenhang zwischen den Chromosomen und Mutationen bei Oenothera lamarckiana" (The relationship between chromosomes and mutations in Oenothera lamarckiana).[1]

Selected publications edit

  • Boedijn KB, Steinmann A. (1931). "Les espèces des genres Helicobasidium et Septobasidium des Indes Néerlandaises" (The species in the genera Helicobasidium and Septobasidium in Java, Bali, and Malaysia). Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitzenzorg 3rd series, 11:2 pp. 165–219.
  • Boedijn KB. (1932). "The genus Sarcosoma in Netherlands India". Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 3rd series, 12:2 pp. 273–279.
  • Boedijn KB. (1932). "The Phallineae of the Netherlands East Indies". Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 3rd series, 12 pp. 71–103.
  • Boedijn KB. (1933). "The genera Phillipsia and Cookeina in Netherlands India". Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 3rd series, 13:1 pp. 57–76.
  • Boedijn KB. (1951). "Notes on Indonesian fungi. The genus Amanita". Sydowia 5: 317–327.
  • Boedijn KB. (1961). "Myriangiales from Indonesia". Persoonia 2 (1): 63–75.
  • Boedijn KB. (1962). "The Sordariaceae of Indonesia". Persoonia 2 (3): 305–320.

Eponymous taxa edit

Many species as well as narrower and broader taxonomical units have been named for Boedijn.

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • Donk, M.A. (1965). "The mycological publications of K. B. Boedijn" (PDF). Persoonia. 3 (3): 325–330.
  • Watling, R. (2007). "A mine of information and treasury of specimens: Corner's mycological legacy". In Jones, E.B.G.; Hyde, K.D.; Vikineswary, S. (eds.). Malaysian Fungal Diversity. University of Malaya & Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Malaysia. pp. 25–39. ISBN 978-9832085935.

References edit

  1. ^ von Arx JA. (1965). "Karel Bernard Boedijn (1893–1964)". Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata. 27 (1–2): 175–6. doi:10.1007/BF02132451. PMID 5338191. S2CID 11362695.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Boedijn.