> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 262](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189733) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7695-1) LSID 7695-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1812134) QID Q1812134 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Pijl, Leendert van der (1903-x), Dutch botanist and flower-biologist; studied at Amsterdam University 1923-1927; high school teacher at Arnhem 1926-1927; to the Netherlands East Indies 1927; high school teacher at Bandung 1927; Dr. phil. Amsterdam 1933; in Japanese captivity during World War II; rector at Bandung Gymnasium 1947; professor of botany at Bandung University 1948-1954; retired to the Hague, Netherlands; professor of botany at Nijmegen 1965-1975. **Abbreviated name**: *v.d. Pijl* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pijl*\] #### Herbarium and types material at [[Collection BO|BO]] and [[Collection K|K]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 86; BFM 2621, 2658, 2681; BL 1: 114, 313; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 309; Moebius p. 360; SK 1: 419-420. #### Biofile - Arditti, J., ed. et al., Orchid biology 1: 297 \[index\]. 1977. - Jacobs, M., Fl. males. Bull. 28: 2309, 2457, 2511-2513. 1975 (tribute; b. 21 Dec 1903 at Utrecht; biogr., bibl. notes, portr. after p. 2534). - Linskens, H.F., *in* Brantjes, N.B.M. & H.F. Linskens, Pollination and dispersal. Symposium 14 December 1973, offered to Prof. Dr. L. van der Pijl at his 70th birthday. 1973, University of Nijmegen, Dept. of Botany, 4-7 (tribute, portr.). - Rollins, R.C., Taxon 5: 2. 1956 (in group photogr.). - Steenis, C.C.G. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 9: 285. 1952 (on leave), 11: 404. 1955 (retirement from Bandung). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 223, 228. 1935, 2: 240. 1936, 7: 95. 1943. - Westhoff, V., Farewell to Professor van der Pijl, Nijmegen 1973, 3 p. #### Composite works Main books on flower biology: *Principles of dispersal in higher plants*, Berlin, 1969, ed. 2. 1972; with C.H. Dodson, *Orchid flowers*, Coral Gables, Florida, 1967; with K. Faegri: *Principles of pollination ecology*, Pergamon Press, 1966. ### Publications ##### n.7932. Über die Polyembryonie bei Eugenia **Title** *Über die Polyembryonie bei Eugenia*. Academisch proefschrift ter verkrijging van den graad van doctor in de wis– en natuurkunde aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam... in het openbaar te verdedigen in de aula der Universiteit op Woensdag 4 October 1933, 's namiddags te 3½ uur door Leendert van der Pijl geboren te Utrecht. Amsterdam (N.V. Drukkerij en Uitgeverij J.H. de Bussy) 1933. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Polyembryon. Eugenia*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Oct 1933, p. \[1\]-12, 113-187, \[1-2, theses\]. *Copy*: U. – Major part preprinted from Rec. Trav. bot. néerl. 31: 113-187. 1934.