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### Author
Wijk, Roelof van der (1895-1981), Dutch bryologist; teacher at a primary school 1913-1916; id. at teachers colleges in Meppel and Groningen 1916-1947; Dr. phil. Univ. Groningen 1930 (with J.C. Schoute); professor of systematic botany Groningen 1947-1965; collected bryophytes in Indonesia 1952; senior and principal author of the *Index muscorum*.
**Abbreviated name**: *Wijk* \[standard form in IPNI: *Wijk*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection GRO|GRO]]. – Further material in [[Collection BO|BO]], [[Collection L|L]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Bossert p. 436; GR p. 709; IH 1 (ed. 1): 38, (ed. 2): 56, (ed. 3): 68, 88, (ed. 4): 74, 96, (ed. 5): 72, 99, (ed. 6): no, 366, (ed. 7): 346; Roon p. 123; SBC p. 135, TL-2/16.031.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Rev. bryol. 53: 30. 1926, ser. 2. 1: 166, 218. 1928; Rev. bryol. lichenol. 11: 129. 1939, 18: 91, 92, 98, 193. 1949, 20: 226. 1951, 22: 117. 1953, 30: 167. 1961, 32: 322. 1963, 36: 360. 1969; Taxon 30: 737. 1981 (d.).
- Lowden, R.M., Taxon Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 792. 1985.
- Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 520. 1977 (coll.).
- Steenis, C.G.G.J, van, Fl. males. Bull. 2: 43. 1947 (app. Groningen), 10: 355. 1953 (returned from Indonesia), 21: 1384. 1966 (retirement).
- Taylor, S.S. & M. Spruytenburg, Who's who in the Netherlands 1962-1963: 804.
- Verdoorn, F., Chron. bot. 1: 31. 1935, 2: 31. 1936.
- Zanten, B.O. van, Fl. males. Bull. 34: 3547-3549. 1981 (obit.; b. 28 Mar 1895, d. 12 Feb 1981).
#### Composite works
- (1) *Morphologie und Anatomie der Musci, in* F. Verdoorn, ed., *Man. bryol.* 1-40. 1932 \[facs. ed. 1967\], TL-2/16.031.
- (2) Chief editor, R. v.d. Wijk, W.D. Margadant and P.A. Florschütz, *Index Muscorum*, Utrecht 1959-1969, 5 vols, (in series Regnum vegetabile of I.A.P.T.). – Note by F.A.S.: "Chief editor" was not an empty phrase in this case: van der Wijk was the major driving power behind this undertaking and his share in the work was by far the largest. – See also his *Index bryologicus*, Taxon 5(4): 97. 1954.
- (3) Editor, J.C. Schoute, *Biomorphology in general*, Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wet., Amsterdam, Nat. sect. 2. 46(1). 1949.
- (4) With W.D. Margadant, *New combinations in mosses*, 1-7, *in* Taxon 7(9): 287-290. 1958, 8(2): 70-75, 8(3): 106. 1959, 9(2): 50-52. 1960, 9(6): 189-191. 1960, 10(1): 24-26. 1961, 11(7): 221-223. 1962.
#### Eponymy
*Bryowijkia* A. Noguchi (1973); *Wijkia* H.A. Crum (1971).
### Publications
##### n.17.587. Über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Peristomzähne bei Polytrichum
**Title**
*Über den Bau und die Entwicklung der Peristomzähne bei Polytrichum*. Proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van doctor in de wis- en natuurkunde aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen,... in het openbaar te verdedigen op Vrijdag 14 Februarie 1930 des namiddags te 4 uur... Amsterdam (N.V. Drukkerij en Uitgeverij J.H. de Bussy) 1930. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Bau Entw. Peristomzähne Polytrichum*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 14 Feb 1930, p. \[i\]-viii, \[289\]-394, \[395, cont.\], \[1-4 theses\]. *Copies*: FH, H. – Preprinted from Rec. Trav. bot. néerl. 26: \[289\]-391. 1929 (1930).