Theodoric Valeton Explained

Theodoric Valeton (1855 in Groningen – 1929 in The Hague) was a Dutch botanist.^{[1] [2]}

He studied at the University of Groningen and received his doctorate in 1886. In 1893, he began working at the botanical garden in Bogor, Indonesia and managed its herbarium between 1903 and 1913. Valeton studied Zingiberaceae in Bogor between 1916 and 1919.

He was honoured in the naming of 2 plant taxa;^[3] Valetonia (in the Icacinaceae family), which was published in 1888, the name is now a synonym of Pleurisanthes ^[4] In 1909, Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel published Valetoniella, which is a genus of fungi (in the family Niessliaceae).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries.
2. Web site: ValetonT. www.nationaalherbarium.nl.
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
4. Web site: Valetonia T.Durand Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 29 November 2022 . en.
5. Web site: Valetoniella - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 29 November 2022.