> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 99](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260087) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22582851) QID Q22582851 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Driessen, Peter (Petrus) (1753-1828), Dutch physician and botanist, born 30 Aug 1753 at Groningen, extraordinary medical professor in Harderwijk 1787, later professor in Groningen, since 1806 also teaching botany, emeritus in 1823, died 1828. **Abbreviated name**: *Driessen* #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GRO|GRO]], further material at [[Collection L|L]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 185; BM 1: 479; JW 2: 189, 3: 350, 4: 384; NNBW 4: 530; PR 2416, ed. 1: 2732; Rehder 1: 51. #### Biofile - Andreas, Ch.H., In en om een botanische tuin, Hortus Groninganus 1626-1966: 127, 134-143, 144, 145. s.d. - Baillon, H.E., Dict. Bot. 2: 474. 1884. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Record 27(3): 306. 1938. - Kuijlen, J. et al., Paradisus Batavus, Wageningen 15, 84, 114, 205. 1983. - Munniks, J., Levensschets van Peter Driessen, Groningen (J. Oomkens), 39 p. 1829 (with portr.). #### Eponymy *Driessenia* (Melastom.), see ING 1: 579. 1979. ### Publications ##### n.31.547. Index plantarum **Title** *Index plantarum*. Quae in *Horto* academico *Groningano* coluntur 1819: Groningae \[Groningen\] (apud I. Oomkens. Academiae Typographicum) 1820. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ind. pl. Horto Gron.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1820 (p. vi preface 2 Mai 1820), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[1\]-72. *Copies*: BM, GRO, L.