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### Author
Soest, Johannes Leendert van (1898-1983), Dutch electro-technical engineer and amateur botanist; Ir. Delft 1925; engineer with the Physics laboratories of the Department of defense and the Dutch Postal and Telephone Services 1927-1964; extraordinary professor in electro-technical engineering Delft from 1949; active floristic botanist and plant geographer, especially interested in Taraxacum; Dr. h.c. Utrecht 1958.
**Abbreviated name**: *Soest* \[standard form in IPNI: *Soest*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection L|L]]; further material (Taraxacum) at [[Collection H|H]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 12(2): 315; Backer p. 663; BJI 2: 117; BL 2: 718 \[index\]; IH 1 (ed. 1): 54, (ed. 2): 70, (ed. 3): 87, (ed. 4): 95, (ed. 5): 99, (ed. 6): 146, (ed. 7): 148; JW 2: 201; Roon p. 106.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Algemeen Dagblad 1 Nov 1983, De Telegraaf 1 Nov 1983 (d.).
- Jacobs, M., Herman Johannes Lam, Amsterdam 1984, p. 119, 144.
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 683. 1985.
- Mennema, J., Gorteria 12: 3-5. 1984 (portr.).
- Richards, A.J., Watsonia 15: 160. 1984 (obit.).
- Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 33: 373. 1984 (printing error Soerb).
- Stewart, R.R., Pakistan J. For. 17: 358. 1967 (coll. Pakistan).
- Taylor, S.S. & M. Spruytenburg, Who's who Netherlands 1962-1963: 665.
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 236, 394. 1935, 6: 3036. 1941, 7: 185. 1943.
- Verschoof, B.J.M., Gorteria 9(5): 118-120. 1978 (biogr. sketch, portr.).
- Vogelenzang, L., Gorteria 9(5): 120-127. 1978 (bibl.).
#### Composite works
*Hieracium, in* H. Heukels, *Geill. schoolfl. Nederl.* ed. 10, 1929 and subsequent ed.
### Publications
##### n.12.347. Het geslacht Hieracium in Nederland
**Title**
*Het geslacht Hieracium in Nederland* i-iv. (Overgedrukt uit het Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief, Jaarg. 1925-1929). Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: 31 Aug 1926 (date on cover-t.p.; mss. rd 10 Dec 1925), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-116, *pl. 1-18* \[= p. 47-62\], 2 p. maps \[= p. 65-66\]. Reprinted and to be cited from Ned. kruidk. Arch. 35: 138-204 \[*pl. 1-18*, 2 p. maps in text\]. 1926.
*2*: 30 Jun 1927 (date on cover-t.p. 1927; mss. rd 16 Dec 1926), cover-t.p., p. \[67\]-106, \[107-121, ills.\]. id. 36: 163-215. 1927.
*3*: 30 Jun 1928 (date on cover-t.p.: 1928), cover-t.p., p. \[121\]-165, \[166-172, ills.\]. Id. 37(2): 171-222. 30 Jun 1928.
*4*: 30 Jun 1929 (date on cover-t.p. 1929), cover-t.p., p. \[173\]-211. Id. 38(1): 103-141. 30 Jun 1929.
*Index*: s.d., p. \[1-3\], added to reprints.
*Copies*: FAS, U.
##### n.12.348. De flora van Blokzijl
**Title**
*De flora van Blokzijl*... Overgedrukt uit het Nederlandsch kruidkundig Archief, deel 47, 1937.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Dec 1937 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[354\]-388. *Copy*: FAS. – Issued as Mededeelingen no. 38 der Zuiderzee-Commissie, reprinted and to be cited from Ned. kruidk. Arch. 47: 354-388. 1937.
##### n.12.349. Het fluviatiele district in Nederland en zijn flora
**Title**
*Het fluviatiele district in Nederland en zijn flora*... Overgedrukt uit het Nederlandsch kruidkundig Archief, deel 48 \[49\], 1938 \[1939\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Co-author*: Jan G. Sloff (1892-1979).
*1*: 26 Nov 1938, cover-t.p., p. 199-265. *Copies*: FAS(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Ned. kruidk. Arch. 48: 199-265. 1938.
*2*: Dec 1939, cover-t.p., p. \[268\]-316. *Copies*: FAS(2). – Id. 49: 268-316. 1939.
##### n.12.350. Het geslacht Taraxacum in Nederland
**Title**
*Het geslacht Taraxacum in Nederland* I \[II\]... overgedrukt uit het Nederlandsch kruidkundig Archief deel 49 \[52\], 1939 (\[1942\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*1*: Dec 1939 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. \[213\]-237. *Copy*: FAS. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ned. kruidk. Arch. 49: 213-237. 1939.
*2*: Dec 1942 (in journal), cover-t.p., p. 215-236. *Copy*: FAS (cover stamped 5 Jul 1943). – Id. 52: 215-236. 1942.
Further publications on *Taraxacum*: see the bibliography by L. Vogelenzang (1978).