Adriaan van Royen
Dutch botanist and university teacher
About Adriaan van Royen
Lived 1704 – 1779 (aged 74). Adriaan van Royen was a Dutch botanist, physician, university teacher and scientific collector.
Adriaan van Royen (11 November 1704 in Leiden – 28 February 1779 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist. He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus.
He is best known for his work on flora of Southeast Asia. Adriaan van Royen formed a close relationship with Linnaeus, who had visited the Leiden Botanic Garden during a stay in Leiden between 1737 and 1738.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
He died in Leiden in 1779.
The genus Royena L. (= Diospyros sect. Royena (L.) F.White), in the Ebenaceae, and Melastoma royenii Blume. Sutton, D.A. are named after him.
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Dutch botanist and university teacher (1704-1779)
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Adriaan van Royen was born on 11 November 1704 in Leiden.
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Adriaan van Royen died on 28 February 1779 in Leiden.
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Adriaan van Royen was a botanist, physician, university teacher and scientific collector.
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Adriaan van Royen was Dutch.
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