> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 643](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333782) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9742-1) LSID 9742-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73160) QID Q73160 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sleumer, Hermann Otto (1906-x), German, from 1962 naturalized Dutch botanist; studied pharmacy at Tübingen 1927-1928 and München 1928/29; state examination pharmacy München 1929; studied botany at Freiburg i.Br. 1929-1932, Dr. phil. ib. 1932; with the "Badisches Weinbau-Institut" Freiburg i.Br. 1932-1933; with the Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem 1933-1949; habil. Berlin 1937; with the Instituto Miguel Lillo, Tucuman 1949-1953; at Leiden from 1953 onward; 1953-1956 scientific officer Flora malesiana, from 1956-1971 senior curator Rijksherbarium, 1972 honorary collaborator. **Abbreviated name**: *Sleum.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sleumer*\] #### Herbarium and types Original collections and types partly at [[Collection B|B]] (partly destr.; Argentine mat. extant), [[Collection LIL|LIL]] and [[Collection L|L]]; other material e.g. at [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection ERZ|ERZ]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection US|US]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 12(3): 168; BFM 618, 619; Biol. Dokum. 17: 8725-8726; BJI 2: 167; Bossert p. 371; GR p. 139; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 1): 10, 96, (ed. 2): 70, (ed. 3): 88, (ed. 4): 95, (ed. 5): 99, (ed. 6): 145, (ed. 7): 148; Langman p. 702; Lenley p. 370; MW p. 458, suppl. 325; NI 3: 93; Roon p. 105; SK 4: cxxviii (portr.), 8: xc-xci (portr.).; TL-2/1711; Zander ed. 10, p. 717, ed. 11, p. 818. #### Biofile - Anon., *in* H.O. Sleumer, Flora neotropica 22, Flacourtiaceae 1980, p. \[iv\] (curr. vit., portr.); Österr. bot. Z. 83: 79. 1934 (app. Berlin). - Hunziker, A.T., Kurtziana 12/13: 177-178. 1979 (portr.). - Jakobs, M.J., Fl. males. Bull. 27: 2152. 1974 (work on non-Malesian Flacourtiaceae), 29: 2541. 1976 (70th birthday), 31: 2979. 1978 (finishes Flac. Fl. neotrop.), 34: 3547. 1981. - Kalkman, C. & P. Smit, eds., Blumea 25(1): 19, 69, 104. 1979. - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 675. 1985. - Merrill, E.D., Contr. natl. Herb. US. 30(1): 282-283. 1947. - Pilger, R., Mitt. Bot. Gart. Mus. Berl.-Dahl. 1(1): 16. 1953 (active service as pharmacist in German army 1941-1945). - Schwarz, H.D., Deut. Apoth. Zeit. 121(8): 425-426. 1981 (biogr.). - Steenis, C.G.G.S. van, Fl. males. 4: 84. 1948 (app. Tucuman), 11: 405. 1955 (staff appointment Fl. males. L), 13: 552. 1957 (on staff Rijksherbarium), 17: 879. 1962 (returned from New Guinea), 18: 978. 1963 (Dutch citizen 1962; to S.E. Asia), 25: 1884. 1971 (retirement), 26: 1997. 1972 (id.), 26: 2000. 1972 (hon. collab. L); Blumea 19(2): 199-210. 1971 (biogr., portr., bibl.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 140. 1935, 2: 35, 132, 142, 237. 1936, 3:121, 145, 209. 1937, 5: 170, 173. 1939, 6: 305. 1941. - Zepernick, B. & F.K. Timler, Englera 1: 105. 1979. #### Composite works - (1) *in* EP, *Mat. Pflanzenfam., Olacaceae* 16b: 5-32, 339. 1935, *Opiliaceae* 16b: 33-41, 339. 1935. - (2) *in* A.A. Pulle, *Fl. Suriname, Flacourtiaceae* 3(1): 282-303. Jun 1935 (with H. Uittien). - (3) *Die Pflanzenwelt des Kaiserstuhls, in* R. Lais et al., *Der Kaiserstuhl* eine Naturgeschichte des Vulkangebirges am Oberrhein, Freiburg im Breisgau 1933, p. 158-267 \[complete volume: frontisp., p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-272. 1933\]. – Continuation and revision see below. - (4) *Flacourtiaceae*, Flora neotropica, Monogr. 22, New York 1980. 499 p. - (5) *Proteaceae, Ericaceae, Flacourtiaceae* (Asiat.), *in* E.R. Farr et al. *Index nominum genericorum*, 1979 (205 texts). #### Note For a full bibliography of this extremely productive taxonomist, including also his many contributions to "composite works" (e.g. *Flora malesiana*), studies on Ericaceae and Flacourtiaceae, etc., between 1932 and 1972 see van Steenis (1971). #### Eponymy *Sleumerodendron* R. Virot (1968). ### Publications ##### n.12.100. Ericaceae americanae novae vel minus cognitae **Title** *Ericaceae americanae novae vel minus cognitae*... aus "Notizblatt des Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin-Dahlem"... 1934-1936. **Notes** *Publ*.: a series of three papers published in *Notizbl. Berlin-Dahlem* 1934-1936; reprinted with original pagination. *Copies*: B. *1*: 31 Dec 1934, Notizbl. 12: 119-150. *2*: 31 Mar 1935, Notizbl. 12: 277-294. *3*: 15 Jul 1936, Notizbl. 13: 206-214. ##### n.12.101. Die Pflanzenwelt des Kaiserstuhls **Title** *Die Pflanzenwelt des Kaiserstuhls*... Dahlem bei Berlin (Selbstverlag des Herausgebers...) 1934. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Pflanzenw. Kaiserstuhls*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1935, p. \[1\]-170. *Copy*: U. – Issued as Beih. Repert. Sp. nov. (ed. F. Fedde) no. 77. – Chapters 1-4 appeared previously in R. Lais et al., *Der Kaiserstuhl* 1933, see above under Composite works. ##### n.12.102. Monographie der Gattung Hydnocarpus **Title** *Monographie der Gattung Hydnocarpus* Gaertner nebst Beschreibung und Anatomie der Früchte und Samen ihrer pharmakognostisch wichtigen Arten (Chaulmugra)... Sonder-Abdruck aus Botanische Jahrbücher Band 69, Heft 1, 1938. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 8 Jul 1938 (in journal), p. \[1\]-94, *pl. 1-4. Copies*: G, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bot. Jahrb. 69(1): 1-94, *pl. 1-4*. 1938. – "Habilitations-Schrift" Univ. Berlin.