> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 402](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066742) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/11797-1) LSID 11797-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21339820) QID Q21339820 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Witte, Eduard Theodoor (1865-1936), Dutch gardener, curator at the Leiden Botanical Garden 1898-1930; editor of the Maandschrift der Nederlandsche Maatschappij voor Tuinbouw en Plantkunde; son of Heinrich Witte. **Abbreviated name**: *E. Witte* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Witte*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 510; JW 1: 451, 2: 204 (b. 27 Oct 1865, d. 29 Mar 1935, err. for 1936). #### Biofile - Anon., Algemeen Handelsblad 30 Mar 1923 (25 years head curator Leiden); Nieuwe Rotterdammer Courant 2 Apr 1936 (obit., funeral orations). - Mater, J., Weekbl. K. Ned. Maatsch. Tuinb. Plantk. 10: 135-137. 1936 (obit., portr.). - Mensing, J., Weekbl. K. Ned. Maatsch. Tuinb. Plantk. 10: 137. 1936 (obit.). - Veendorp, H. & L.G.M. Baas-Becking, Hortus acad. lugd.-bat. 1587-1937, 164, 167, 172, 175, 177. 1938. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 53. 1936. - Vuyck, L., Afscheid en welkom, Leiden 1898, 20 p. (reprinted from Sempervirens 27(14): 145-151. 1898). #### Note Witte published several popular books on house and garden plants, usually based on German originals, such as *Handleiding tot het kweeken van planten in huis*, Zwolle 1896, x, 283 p. (based on L.H. Riese, *Wohnungsgärtnerei*); *Kamerplanten*, Leiden \[1896-\] 1897 \[in 6 Lieferungen\], viii, 510 p. (based on Hesdörffer, *Handbuch der praktischen Zimmergärtnerei*), id. ed. 2, 1909, ix, 420 p., and *Een keur van vaste planten*, Leiden 1900, 114 p., *48 pl*. (based on Hesdörffer, *Die schönsten Stauden*, Berlin 1900). ### Publications ##### n.18.087. Enumerado Bromeliacearum **Title** *Enumerado Bromeliacearum*, quae in Horto lugduno-batavo coluntur, additis synonymis plerumque usitatis. (Composuit Ed. Theod. Witte). Leiden (A.W. Sijthoff) \[1889\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. Bromel.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1889 (p. 24: Jan 1889), p. \[1\]-24. *Copies*: B, G. *Ed. 2*: 1 Jan 1894, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-68. *Copies*: NY, U. – Issued with the title *Catalogue des Broméliacées* cultivées au Jardin botanique de l'Université à Leide (2e édition, revue et augmentée)... Leiden (Imprimerie de A.W. Sijthoff) 1894. Oct. (*Cat. Bromél. ed. 2*). – Preface by W.F.R. Suringar. ##### n.18.088. Hybrides de Broméliacées **Title** *Hybrides de Broméliacées* cultivés en Europe... Leide \[Leiden\] 1894. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Hybr. Bromél.* **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan 1894, p. \[1\]-11. *Copies*: B, U.