Cornelis Andries Backer

Cornelis Andries Backer
Born	September 18, 1874 Oudenbosch, Holland
Died	February 22, 1963 (aged 88) Heemstede
Nationality	Dutch
Fields	Botany, plant systematics, pteridology
Institutions	Leiden University, Rijksherbarium

Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963) was a Dutch botanist and pteridologist.^[1][2]

Bibliography

• — (1907). Flora van Batavia: Dicotyledones dialypetalae (Thalamiflorae en Disciflorae) (in Dutch). G. Kolff.
• —; D. F. van Slooten; Dutch East Indies. Procistation voor thee (1924). Geïllustreerd handbook der Javaansche theconkruiden en hunne beteekenis voor de cultuur (in Dutch). Ruygrok & co.
• — (1928). Handboek voor de flora van Java (in Dutch). Drukkerijen Ruygrok & Company.
• — (1929). The problem of Krakatao as seen by a botanist. Printed by H. Van Ingen.
• — (1939). Varenflora voor Java: overzicht der op Java voorkomende varens en varenachtigen, hare verspreiding, oekologie en toepassingen (in Dutch). 's Lands Plantentuin.
• — (1949). Dutch-English taxonomic-botanical vocabulary. Flora Malesiana.
• — (1968). Flora of Java. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.
• — (1973). Atlas of 220 Weeds of Sugar-cane Fields in Java. Ysel Press.

Honours

The genus Backeria (Melastomataceae) was named after Backer in 1943 by Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr.^[3]

References

1. Flora Malesiana: Being an Illustrated Systematic Account of the Malaysian Flora ... Noordhoff-Kolff. 1978. ISBN 978-90-286-0178-9.
2. R. K. Brummitt; C. E. Powell (1 January 1992). Authors of Plant Names: A List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of Their Names, Including Abbreviations. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 978-0-947643-44-7.
3. Umberto Quattrocchi (17 November 1999). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. CRC Press. pp. 249–. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
4. IPNI.  Backer.

External links

• Obituary in Blumea - Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants
• Obituary in Taxon