> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 123](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333262) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9034-1) LSID 9034-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2120467) QID Q2120467 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Scheffer, Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel (1844-1880), Dutch botanist; student of F.A.W. Miquel; Dr. phil. Utrecht 1867; director of the Botanic Gardens Buitenzorg (Bogor) 1868-1880; founder of the Economic Garden and the Agricultural School at Buitenzorg; id. of the mountain garden at Tjibodas. **Abbreviated name**: *Scheff.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Scheff.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BO|BO]]; other material especially at [[Collection L|L]]; further material at [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection P|P]] and 276 wood samples at [[Collection BM|BM]]. – *Letters* to F.A.W. Miquel at [[Collection U|U]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 515; Barnhart 3: 223 (b. 12 Sep 1844, d. 9 Mar 1880); BJI 1: 50; BL 1: 121, 317; BM 4: 1827; Bossert p. 351; CSP 8: 847, 11: 300-301, 12: 653-654; Frank 3 (Anh.): 89; Herder p. 148, 164, 212, 291, 314, 317, 434; Hortus 3: 1203; IH 1 fed. 6): 364; Jackson p. 118, 452; JW 2: 300, 3: 368, 4: 405; KR 4: 617; LS 23851-23852; Moebius p. 421; Morren ed. 2, p. 39; MW suppl. p. 308; NNBW 4: 1206-1207 Sirks ; PR 8137-8138; Rehder 5: 765; SK 1: 466-467, 4: cvi, cxiv-cxv, cxxix, cxlix, 5: cccxviii; Tucker 1: 627-628; Zander ed. 10, p. 711, ed. 11, p. 811. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 1/2: 256. 1880 (d.); Bot. Not. 1881: 39 d. ; Bot. Zeit. 38: 408. 1880 (d.); Bull. Soc. bot. France 27 (bibl.): 45. 1880 (d.); De Economist 1880(1): 624-625; Flora 63: 290. 1880 d. ; J. Bot. 1880: 160 (d.); Nat. Nov. 2: 62. 1880 (d.); Nature 21: 523. 1880 (d.); Tijdschr. Nijverh. Landb. Ned. Indië 28: 104. 1883 ('memorial tablet). - Boelman, H.A.C., Bijdr. Gesch. Geneeskruidcult. Ned. Oost-Indië 86-91. 1936. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 447. 1880 (pl. K). - E., v., Tijdschr. Ned. Maatsch. Nijverheid 43: 147-149. 1880 (obit.). - Forbes, H.O., Nature 22: 12-13. 1880 (obit.; as director of the garden S. "wrote more than 3000 letters a year with his own hand"), Dutch transl. in Tijdschr. Nijverh. Landb. Ned. Indië 25: 394-398. 1880. - Gager, C.S., Brooklyn bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 296. 1938. - Gorkom, K.W. van, Eigen Haard 1880: 428-431, 439-443 (obit., portr. ; Jaarb. Kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam 1880: 1-21. - Högrell, B., Bot. Not. 1887: 206. - Kalkman, C. & P. Smits, eds., Blumea 25: 63, 65. 1979. - Merrill, E.D., Contr. natl. Herb. U.S. 30(1): 265. 1947 Pacific bibl.). - Murray, G., Hist. coll. BM NH 1: 180. 1904 (wood samples). - Sirks, M.J., Ind. natuurrond. 92, 189-198, 194. 1915. - Stafleu, F.A., Wentia 16: 44. 1966, Fl. males. 8(3): (13). 1978. - Treub, M., 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg 18 Mei 1817-18 Mei 1892, Batavia 1892, p. 40-58 (Scheffer's activities as director Buitenzorg Garden; portr.;; Der botanische Garten "'s Lands Plantentuin" zu Buitenzorg auf Java, Festschrift 58-74. 1893. - W., Indische Gids, Amsterdam, 2: 597-600. 1880 (obit.). #### Composite works Founder and first editor of *Ann. Jard. bot. Buitenzorg* vol. 1, 1876. #### Eponymy *Schefferella* Pierre (1890); *Schefferomitra* Diels (1912). ### Publications ##### n.10.514. de Myrsinaceis archipelagi indici **Title** Dissertatio botanico inauguralis *de Myrsinaceis archipelagi indici*, quam, annuente summo numine, ex auctoritate rectoris magnifici Henrici Christiani Millies,... nec non amplissimi senatus academici consensu, et nobilissimae facultatis matheseos et philosophiae naturalis decreto pro gradu doctoratus summisque in mathesi et philosophia naturali honoribus ac privilegiis in Academia rheno-traiectina rite et legitime consequendis ad d. xx m. martio, a. mdccclxvii, hora ii. Eruditorum examini submittet Rudolphus Hermannus Christianus Carolus Scheffer, e pago Spaarndam. In urbe Weesp Hollandiae (apud G.G. Brugman) 1867. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Myrsin. arch. ind.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 20 Mar 1867, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-117, 1 chart. *Copies*: HH, U, USDA, p. \[115\]-117: theses. *Commercial issue*: 1867 (Flora 8 Apr-8 Oct 1867; Bot. Zeit. 31 Mai 1867), p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-113, \[114\], chart. *Copies*: G, HH, KNAW, MO, NY. "*Commentario de Myrsinaceis archipelagi indici*..." Weesp (apud G.G. Brugman) 1867. Oct. *Ref*.: Anon., Bull. Soc. bot. France 14 (bibl.): 201-202. 1868 (rev.). - Eichler, A.W., Flora 50: 364-367. 1867 (rev.). - J.M., Bot. Zeit. 25: 175. 31 Mai 1867. ##### n.10.515. Observations phytographicae **Title** *Observations phytographicae*... \[Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Indië 31, 32. 1869-1872\]. Oct. **Notes** *1*: Jan-Mai 1869 (p. 23: Jul 1868; BSbF rd by 12 Jul 1869; Hasskarl review dated 9 Jun 1869), p. \[1\]-23. Reprinted and to be cited from Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. Batavia 31: 1-23. 1869. *2*: Jan-Mar 1870 (p. 375: Nov 1869; Scheffer sent a copy to Miquel on 29 Mar 1870; Regensb. rd. Mai 1870), p. \[25\]-63. – Id. 31: \[338\]-375. 1870. *3*: 1872 (p. 426: Jan 1872; Bot. Zeit. 28 Feb 1873; J. Bot. Mar 1873; Flora rd. Jan-Feb 1873), cover-t.p., p. \[65\]-104, *pl. 1-18.* – id, 32: \[387\]-426, *pl. 1-18* (uncol. liths. Carl Lang). 1873. See also Flora 53: 241-254. 1870. *Copies*: G, HH, NY, U. *Ref*.: Hasskarl, C., Flora 52: 299-304. 1 Jul, 305-310. 10 Jul 1869, 53: 241-254. 15 Jul 1870, reprinted p. \[1\]-11 and \[13\]-26 (*copy*: G). ##### n.10.516. Het geslacht Diplanthera **Title** *Het geslacht Diplanthera* Banks et Sol. \[Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 31, 1870\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1870 (p. 6: Oct 1869; J. Bot. Jun 1870; Flora rd. Mar-Apr 1870), p. \[1\]-6. *Copies*: G, U. – Reprinted (without identification) and to be cited from Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 31: 332-337. 1870. *Ref*.: Seemann, B.C., J. Bot. 8: 163. Jun 1870 (rev.). ##### n.10.517. Sur quelques palmiers du groupe des Arécinées **Title** *Sur quelques palmiers du groupe des Arécinées*,... \[Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 32, 1872\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872 (Bot. Zeit. 10 Mai 1872), p. \[1\]-45. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 32: 149-193. 1872. See also C. Hasskarl, Flora 55: 183-189, 21 Apr, 203-208. 1 Mai 1872 (reprint, p. \[1\]-11. *Copy*: G. – "Ueber einige Palmen aus der Gruppe der Arecineae") and Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 1: 103-164. 1876. ##### n.10.518. Verhaal van een paar dienstreizen **Title** *Verhaal van een paar dienstreizen* in de adsistent-residentie Buitenzorg, gedaan in het najaar van 1870,... \[Batavia/'s Gravenhage 1872\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jan-Apr 1872 (reprint rd. at Utrecht 20 Mai 1872), p. \[1\]-27. *Copy*: U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 32: \[207\]-233. 1872. ##### n.10.519. Bijdragen uit het buitenland lot de kennis der flora van den Indischen Archipel **Title** *Bijdragen uit het buitenland lot de kennis der flora van den Indischen Archipel*... Batavia \[Djakarta\] (Ernst & Co.) 1874. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1874, p. \[i\], \[1\]-79. *Copies*: HH, M, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. 34: 33-111. 1874.