> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 355](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189826) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7883-1) LSID 7883-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19004273) QID Q19004273 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Posthumus, Oene (1898-1945), Dutch botanist (pteridologist, palaeobotanist, geneticist); Dr. phil. Groningen 1924; to Indonesia 1925; in Bogor and on Djambi Exped. 1925; geneticist at the Java Sugar Experiment Station, Pasuruan 1926-1939; from 1939 director of the general agricultural experiment station, Buitenzorg; murdered by extremists Nov 1945. **Abbreviated name**: *Posth.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Posth.*\] #### Herbarium and types main collections at [[Collection BO|BO]]; material collected during his Pasuruan period, in part collected with C.A. Backer, at [[Collection PAS|PAS]]; other material at [[Collection BRI|BRI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GRO|GRO]], [[Collection L|L]] (important set), [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection SING|SING]]. (inf. C.G.G.J. van Steenis). – Letters at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Andrews p. 313-314; Backer p. 659; Barnhart 3: 102; BJI 2: 139; BL 1: 112, 313; BM 8: 1024; Hirsch p. 237; Hortus 3: 1202 (Posth.); IF supp. 3: 213-216, supp. 4: 336; IH 1 (ed. 1): 96, (ed. 2): 120, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 347; MW suppl. p. 285; SK 1: cxxiii, 412-414 (itin., portr.), 4: cxliv, cxlv, cxlix, cliv, clv, clvi; TL-2/228. #### Biofile - Donk, M.A., Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg ser. 3. 18(2): 171-179. 1949 (P. as a pteridologist; bibl. portr.). - Merrill, E.D., Contr. natl. Herb. U.S. 30: 244. 1947. - Steenis, C.G.G.J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 1: 31. 1947 (kidnapped and killed), 3: 56. 1948 (Posthumus fern garden laid out at Bogor). - Verdoorn, F., ed., et al., Chron. bot. 1: 224, 229. 1935, 2: 242, 244, 245. 1936, 3: 203, 209. 1937, 4: 392, 541, 559. 1938, 5: 366, 524. 1939, 6: 141, 459. 1941. #### Composite works Contributed to *Flora of Suriname* (ed. A.A. Pulle): *Pteridophyta*, 1 (suppl.): \[1\]-196. Oct-Dec 1928, see below, *The ferns of Surinam*. - (2) with C.A. Backer, *Varenfl. Java* 1939, TL-2/228; review e.g.: Smith, A.C., J. New York Bot. Gard. 40: 289. Dec 1939. - (3) *Inversicatenales*, in W. Jongmans, ed., *Fossilium, catalogus* part 12, p. \[1\]-56, 27 Jan 1926. #### Handwriting Flora malesiana ser. I. 1: cli. 1950. ### Publications ##### n.8198. On some principles of stelar morphology **Title** *On some principles of stelar morphology*. Proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van doctor in de wis- en natuurkunde aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen,... te verdedigen op Dinsdag 3 Juni 1924, des namiddags te 4 ure, door Oene Posthumus, geboren te Farnsum... Amsterdam (Drukkerij en Uitgeverij J.H. de Bussy) 1924. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Princ. stelar morph.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Jun 1924, p. \[i-vii\], \[111\]-295, \[296, contents\], loose, theses: \[1-3\]. *Copy*: U. – Main part from Rec. trav. bot. néerl. 21: 111-296. 1924. ##### n.8199. The ferns of Surinam **Title** *The ferns of Surinam* and of French and British Guiana... Uitgegeven voor rekening van den schrijver. Malang, Java (N.V. Jahn's Drukkerij) 1928. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Ferns Surinam*. **Notes** *Original issue*: 1928 (p. v: Sep 1928; BR rd. 6 Mai 1929), p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-196. *Copies*: B, BR, G, MO, NY, U(2), US, USDA; IDC 7246. *Other issue*: as vol. 1, supplement, of A.A. Pulle, ed., Flora of Suriname. ##### n.8200. Ferns of Bawean **Title** *Ferns of Bawean*... \[Amsterdam (Kon. Akad. Wet.)\] 1929. \[i.e. 1930\]. **Notes** *Publ*.: early 1930 (submitted 21 Dec 1929), p. \[1\]-9. *Copy*: BR. – Reprinted from Proc. R. Acad. Sci., Amsterdam 32(10): 1362-1369. 1929 \[i.e. 1930\]; to be cited from journal. ##### n.8201. On the ferns of Sumba **Title** *On the ferns of Sumba* (Lesser Sunda Islands)... \[Amsterdam (Kon. Akad. Wet.)\] 1930. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: late 1930 or early 1931 (submitted 25 Oct 1930), p. \[1\]-5. *Copy*: BR. – Reprinted from Proc. R. Acad. Sci., Amsterdam 33(8): 872-875. 1930. ##### n.8202. Catalogue of the fossil remains, described as fern stems and petioles **Title** *Catalogue of the fossil remains, described as fern stems and petioles*... Malang, Java (N.V. Jahn's Drukkerij) 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. foss. fern stems*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1931, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-234. *Copies*: G, U(2). *Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 66: 45. 1934. ##### n.8203. Malayan fern studies **Title** *Malayan fern studies* I\[II\]... Amsterdam (Uitgave van de N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij) 1937-1938, 2 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Malay. fern stud.* **Notes** *1*: 28 Oct 1937 (inf. KNAW), p. \[1\]-67. *2*: 11 Aug 1938 (id.), p. \[1\]-34, \[35\]. *Copies*: BR, G, MO, U. – Issued as Verh. Kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, afd. Natuurk. 36(5) and 37(5). *3*: The ferns of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Ann. Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg vol. hors série: 35-113. 1944.