> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 238](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264965) of TL-2 Suppl. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/369-1) LSID 369-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5788624) QID Q5788624 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Backer, Cornelis Andries|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Backer, Cornelis Andries (1874-1963), Dutch botanist, originally school teacher in the Netherlands, moved to the Dutch East Indies 1901, teacher at Weltevreden (h.t. part of Batavia/Djakarta), appointed botanist at the Herbarium of the Buitenzorg (Bogor) Botanical Gardens 1905, from 1914-1924 botanist for the Java flora; working at a weed flora at the Java Sugar Industry, Pasuruan, Java 1924-1931, from 1931 resident in the Netherlands (Heemstede) working on the flora of Java, Dr. h.c. University of Utrecht 1936. **Abbreviated name**: *Backer* \[standard form in IPNI: *Backer*\] #### Herbarium and types See TL-2/1: 86: [[Collection BO|BO]] and [[Collection PAS|PAS]], first set of duplicates at [[Collection L|L]]; further material in [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection GRO|GRO]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NBV|NBV]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Major publications See TL-2/221-230. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 99 (b 18 Sep 1874); BJI 2: 420-421; BL 1: 112, 113, 2: 420-421; BM 6: 45; Bossert p. 19; Hortus 3: 1187; IF suppl. 3: 201; IH 2: 47; JW 1: 452, 2: 184; Kew 1: 113-114; Langman p. 100; NI 55, Nachtr. p. 17-18; SK 27-29 (major source, portr., colls., coll. localities, litt.), p. xxxi, 4: 32, 39, 73, 95, 99, 100, 108, 109, lxiii, 8: i, xi and many further refs.; TL-1: 10-11; TL-2/1: 86-88, see O. Posthumus, C.G.G.J. van Steenis; Zander ed. 10, p. 630, ed. 11, p. 715. #### Biofile - Anon., Wie is dat? ed. 3. 1935 (alph. arr.). - Arditti, J., ed., Orchid biology 1: 56, 70, 74, 78, 94. 1977. - Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. Jr. *in* C.A. Backer and R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr., Fl. Java 1: xi-xxii. 1963 (biogr. sketch, portr., bibl.). - Booberg, G., Arch. Suikerindustrie in Nederlandsch-Indië 39(1): 687-689, *1 pl*. (portr.). 1931 (on B's leaving Pasuruan). - Jacobs, M., Herman Johannes Lam (1892-1977). 174. 1984 (brief sketch). - Kalkman, C. and P. Smit, eds., Blumea 25(1): 66, 68, 69. 1979. - Lam, H.J., Preface to C.A. Backer and R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr., Fl. Java 1: ix-x, xxiii. 1963 (biogr., detailed bibl., portr.). - Maheswari, J.K., J. Indian Soc. Bot. 44: 512-514. 1965. - Merrill, E.D., Chron. bot. 14(5/6): 227, 230, 238, 275, 290, 305, 306. 1954 (on Botany Cook's voyage). - Pulle, A.A., De Indische Natuur 25 Aug 1914, 2 p. (review of B's paper "On some results of the botanical investigation of Java" (1911-1913) (Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenzorg ser. 2. 12 (1913)). - Reed, C.F., Bibliography to floras of Southeast Asia 10. 1969. - Sirks, M.J., Indisch natuuronderzoek 200, 212. 1915. - Smit, P. and R.J.Ch.V. ter Laage, eds., Essays in biohistory (Regn. veg. 71) 335, 340, 354. 1970. - Steenis, C.G.G.J. van, Tropische Natuur 25(6): 89-90. 1936 (on his Dr. phil. h.c. at Utrecht, portr., biogr. note); Blumea 12(1): 1-4. 1963 (detailed obit., appreciation, portr.); Taxon 12: 173-177. 1963 (obit.); Vakblad Biol. 43: 65-66. 1963. - Wulff, E.V., Intr. hist. pl. geogr. 133, 134, 135. 1943. #### Composite works - (1) *in* C.G.G.J. van Steenis ed., *Fl. males.* 1/4(3): 195-279. Dec 1951, *Polemoniaceae*... *Myricaceae*. #### Notes on titles tl-2/1 NOS. 221-230: - (1): 221, *Fl. Batavia* 1907, rev. A.A. Pulle, Indische Mercuur 5 Mai 1908 (reprint p. \[1\]-2, U). − Further copy: L. - (2): 222, *Schoolfl. Java* 1911, rev. A.A. Pulle, Indische Mercuur 28 Mai 1912 (reprint p. \[1\]-2, U). - (3): 227, *Verkl. Woordenb.* 1936, rev. H.J. Lam, Blumea 2(3): 235-236. 1936. − Available on IDC 8722. - (4): 228, *Varenfl. Java* 1939, available on IDC 8761. ### Publications ##### n.19.834. Voorloper **Title** Departement van Landbouw. *Voorloper* eener *Schoolflora voor Java*... Batavia \[h.t. Djakarta\] (Gedrukt bij G. Kolff & Co.) 1908. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Voorl. Schoolfl. Java*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1908, cover-t.p., p. \[i\*, iii\*, v\*\], \[i\]-lxxx, \[1\]-112, \[1\]-10. *Copy*: L. ##### n.19.835. On some results of the botanical investigation of Java **Title** *On some results of the botanical investigation of Java*... Buitenzorg (Imprimerie du Département \[sic\]), 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Results bot. invest. Java*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 11 Nov-31 Dec 1913 (in journal), cover \[identif.\], p. \[1\]-40. − *Copies*: B, L. − Issued as Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenzorg ser. 2. 12. 1913. ##### n.19.836. Kritiek op de Excursionsflora von Java **Title** *Kritiek op de Excursionsflora von Java* (bearbeitet von Dr. S.M. Koorders)... Weltevreden (Boekhandel Visser & Co.) 1913. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Krit. Excurs.-Fl. Java*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1913 (mss. closed 1 Jul 1913; Bot. Centralbl. 14 Oct 1913), cover-t.p., p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-67. *Copies*: B, G, L(2). *Follow-up by A.A. Pulle*: 5 Mar 1915, p. \[1\]-2. *Copy*: U. − Reprinted and to be cited from De Indische Mercuur 5 Mar 1915 (no. 9), (author: August Adriaan Pulle (1878-1955), TL-2/4: 425-442). − See also note by Pulle in Indische Mercuur 25 Sep 1914, no. 38. *Ref*.: Sirks, M.J., Bot. Centralbl. 126: 183. 18 Aug 1914 (rev.). ##### n.19.837. Javaansche voedergrassen **Title** *Javaansche voedergrassen* 1-18. Batavia \[Djakarta\] (Javasche Boekhandel & Drukkerij \[2-18: Uitgave van G. Kolff & Co. te Batavia\]). 1913-1917. Oct. **Notes** *1*: 1913 (in Teysmannia 1912 (i.e. 1913), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-12, *pl*. \[*1*\]-*3* (uncol.) − Reprinted and to be cited from Teysmannia 23(2): 102-112, *1 pl*., *pl. 2-3* issued later \[in 23(3)\], mentioned on p. 110. 1912 \[1913\]. Series also published in Veeartsenijkundige Bladen voor Ned. Indie. *2*: 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[209\]-229. − Id. 24(4): 209-229. 1913. *3*: 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[314\]-320, *pl. 4-6.* − Id. 24(5): 314-320, *pl. 4-6.* 1913. *4*: 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[366\]-377, *pl. 7-8.* − Id. 24(6): 366-377, *pl. 7-8.* 1913. *5*: 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[423\]-437, *pl. 9-10.* − Id. 24(7): 423-437, *pl. 9-10.* 1913. *6*: 1913 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[495\]-511, *pl. 11-15.* − Id. 24(8-9): 495-511, *pl. 11-15.* 1913. *7*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-12, *pl. 16.* − Id. 24(10): 633-644, *pl. 16.* 1913 \[1914\]. *8*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[721\]-729, *pl. 17-18.* − Id. 24(11-12): 721-729, *pl. 17-18.* 1913 \[1914\]. *9*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[81\]-88, pl. \[1 unnumbered, =*19*\], *20-21*. − Id. 25(2): 81-88, pl. \[*1*\], *20-21*. 1914. *10*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[209\]-215, \[3 unnumb. plates: *22-24*\]. − Id. 25(4): 209-215, \[pl. *22-24*\]. 1914. *10*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[209\]-215, \[3 unnumb. plates: *22-24*\]. − Id. 25(4): 209-215, \[pl. *22-24*\]. 1914. *11*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[298\]-303, *pl. 25.* − Id. 25(5): 298-303, *pl. 25.* 1914. *12*: 1914 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[523\]-549. − Id. 25(9): 523-549. 1914. (*pl. 26* mentioned on p. 524, not given). *13*: 1915 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-13, *pl. 27.* − Id. 26(4): 86-98 \[p. 98 double\], *pl. 27.* 1915. *14*: 1916 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[253\]-266, *pl. 28-29.* − Id. 27(4-5): 253-266, *pl. 28-29.* 1916. *15*: 1916 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-8, *pl. 30.* − Id. 27(6): 430-437, *pl. 30.* 1916. *16*: 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-14, *pl. 31-32.* − Id. 28(3-4): 33-46, *pl. 31-32.* 1917. *17*: 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[71\]-94, *pl. 33-36.* − Id. 28(5): 71-94, *pl. 33-36.* 1917. *18*: 1917 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[266\]-288, *pl. 37-38.* − Id. 28(7): 266-288, *pl. 37-38.* 1917. *Copies*: L. ##### n.19.838. Determintietabel voor de Javaansche soorten van Amorphophallus **Title** *Determintietabel voor de Javaansche soorten van Amorphophallus* Bl.... Weltevreden (N.V. Boekhandel Visser & Co.) 1920. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Determ.-tab. Jav. Amorphophallus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1920 (inscription by author on copy L on verso of t.p. 23 Mar 1920), cover-t.p., p. \[i\], \[1\]-14. *Copy*: L. ##### n.19.839. Contributiones ad cognitionem florae Indiae Batavae **Title** *Contributiones ad cognitionem florae Indiae Batavae*... Buitenzorg (Archipel Drukkerij) 1920. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun 1920 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[315\]-330. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenzorg ser. 3. 2(2): 315-330. 1920. ##### n.19.840. A revision of Kuntze's types of new Javan species **Title** *A revision of Kuntze's types of new Javan species*... Reprinted from Brittonia... 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1938 (in journal), p. 75-90. *Copies*: FAS, L, U. − Reprinted and to be cited from Brittonia 3(1): 75-90. 1938. − For C.E. Otto Kuntze and his *Revisio* see TL-2/2: 698-702, no. 4021. ##### n.19.841. Notes on the flora of Java I **Title** *Notes on the flora of Java I*... Buitenzorg (Archipel Drukkerij) 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Apr 1939, cover-t.p., p. 107-110. *Copies*: L, U. − Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenzorg ser. 3. 16(2): 107-110. 1939. *2*: 31 Dec 1945 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[490\]-524. *Copies*: L, U. − Reprinted and to be cited from Blumea 5(3): 490-524. 31 Dec 1945. *3*: 1 Jun 1948 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[302\]-309, 1 unnumb. uncol. photo. *Copy*: L. − Id. 6(1): 302-309, 1 photo. 1 Jun 1948. *4*: 3 Apr 1950 (in journal), p. \[358\]-362. *Copy*: L. *Co-authors*: R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr. and C.G.G.J. van Steenis. − Id. 6(2): 358-362. 3 Apr 1950. ##### n.19.842. The genera Gynura and Crassocephalum in Java **Title** The genera Gynura and Crassocephalum in Java... Extrait du Recueil des Travaux botaniques Néerlandais... 1939. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 18 Mai 1939 (in journal; in series of several publ. dedicated to A.A. Pulle on his silver jubilee as professor of plant taxonomy in Utrecht), p. \[449\]-459. *Copies*: FAS, U. − Reprinted and to be cited from Rec. Trav. bot. Néerl. 36: 449-459, also issued as Meded. Bot. Mus. Rijksuniv. Utrecht 58, 1939.