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Obituary of Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink

Obituary of Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink, by J.F. Veldkamp

BAKHUIZEN VAN DEN BRINK f., Reinier Cornelis (Panjinangan, Java, Indonesia, 11 September 1911 - Leiden, 1 May 1987).

Fl. Mal. I, 1 (1950) 32, photo; M. JACOBS, Fl. Mal. Bull. 29 (1976) 2532-2535, C. KALKMAN, Blumea 23 (1976) 1, photo.

With the death of Rein the last of the great men in Malesian plant lore has gone: first Hildebrand, then Nedi in Bogor, Airy Shaw in Kew, Van Steenis in Leiden. Their knowledge of all aspects of the science obtained during scores of years of experience both in the field and the herbarium was unsurpassed, and most of it is lost now.

At the time of Rein's retirement two laudatory articles were published by Jacobs and Kalkman and little can re added to this to describe him. Then it had been hoped that he would be able to write up his various manuscripts, e.g. on Argostemma and Neonauclea, but unfortunately he soon fell victim to a renal failure for which he had to be dialyzed first once, later twice a week. This took most of his energy away.

Yet, whenever possible, he tried to come to the Rijksherbarium, e.g. to collaborate with Van Steenis to pre-identify the incoming material in their own inimitable way: both enveloped in clouds of cigar smoke (No Smoking sings? Can't apply to us.). One could hardly pick up their art and write labels at the same time. The wrappers had hardly been opened or in concord a name was given, something like this '27135? Litsea. 27136? Ficus. 27137? Drypetes. No Aporosa, the leaf has pits. 27138? Garcinia, see the lines in the blade. 27139? Ageratum conyzoides, damn, what idiot wants to collect such rubbish (guess, who said that). 27140? Morinda.!, and so on for hours. The only time for a breather was when the two bonzes disagreed, and then the really difficult cases were for Rein to solve. Van Steenis used to say: 'Rein is such a tenacious bastard, he keeps at it until he's got it', and indeed Rein rarely disappointed him, even when it took days. Many of their joint papers were the result of attempts to clear enigmatic cases. Rein gladly let Van Steenis, the prolific writer, do the job further. This was rather typical of him: on one hand the encyclopedic memory, on the other hand an inability to write things down.


He was a modest man, as is shown by the fact that he never bothered to keep a full list of his publications, or even reprints of them, so the following bibliography may well be incomplete. Several species were named af ter him, again, he kept little record of them. I can only think of Bulbophyllum bakhuizenii Steen. (Orchidaceae), Chrysophyllum bakhuizenii Royen, Dissochaeta bakhuizenii Veldk. (Melastomataceae), Tapeinosperma reinianum Jacobs (Myrsinaceae), but there must be quite a few more.

He left behind a wife, Wil, and two sons, Rein and Dick. We wish them much strength to bear the loss of a fine husband and father.


Bibliography

  1. Humiriaceae. Meded. Bot. Mus. & Hb. Utrecht 779, Rec. Trav. Bot. Néerl. 37 (1940) 292.
  2. Linaceae. In A.A. PULLE, Fl. Suriname 3/1 (1941) 409-411.
  3. Humiriaceae. In A.A. PULLE, Fl. Suriname 3/1 (1941) 412-421.
  4. Melastomataceae. In L.B. HOLTHUIS & H.J. LAM, A first contribution to our knowledge of the flora of the talaud Islands and Morotai. Blumea 5 (1942) 219-221.
  5. Een bijdrage tot de kennis van de Melastomataceae van den Maleischen Archipel in het bijzonder van die van Nederlandsch Indië. (1943). Dutch summary of thesis.
  6. A contribution to the knowledge of the Melastomataceae occurring in the Malay Archipelago especially in the Netherlands Indies. (1943). Thesis. Utrecht. 391 pp. Also reprinted in Rec. Trav. Bot. Neerl. 40 (1947), Meded. Bot. Mus. & Hb. Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht 91 (1947), and privately (1947). See TL-2, 1 (1976) 106.
  7. Rhamnaceae. In C.A. BACKER, Notes on the flora of Java. II. Blumea 5 (1945) 519-521.
  8. With H.G. BUNGENBERG DE JONG. Biochemistry. Proc. Kon. Ned. Acad. Wet. C, 50 (1947) 436-441.
  9. With H.G. BUNGENBERG DE JONG. Chemistry. Proc. Kon. Ned. Acad. Wet. C, 51 (1948) 3-15.
  10. Die Melastomataceae Neu-Caledoniens in systematischer und phytogeographischer Hinsicht. Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges., Zürich 94 (1949) 183-188.
  11. With C.A. BACKER & C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Notes on the flora of Java. V. Identification of the new species and combinations proposed by C.P. Thunberg in the Florula javanica by L. Winberg and F.O. Widmark. Blumea 6 (1950) 35B-362.
  12. Notes on the Flora of Java. VI. Blumea 6 (1950) 363-406.
  13. Steenisia. A new genus of Malaysian Rubiaceae. Webbia 8 (1952) 381-382.
  14. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Hymenosporum in New Guinea (Pittosporaceae). Blumea 7 (1952) 292.
  15. Florae malesianae precursores V. Notes on Malaysian Rubiaceae. Blumea 7 (1953) 329-338.
  16. Nomenclatural note on Dammara Lmk. and Agathis Salisb. Taxon 4 (1955) 195-196.
  17. Mirmau Adanson versus Urostachys Herter nom. cons. prop. Taxon 5 (1956) 16.
  18. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Should Catalpa be conserved. Taxon 5 (1956) 81.
  19. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomina conservanda. 13. Conservation of 3753 Clianthus banks & Sol. ex Lindl. (1835) against Sarcodum Lour. (1790). Taxon 5 (1956) 81.
  20. On the name Piper methysticum L.f. Taxon 6 (1957) 86.
  21. Are Epipremnum Schott, Rhaphidophora Hassk. and Monstera Adans. congeneric? . Blumea, Suppl. 4 (1958) 91-92.
  22. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomina conservanda proposita. 44. Proposition pour la conservation du nom générique 8428. Gaertnera Lamarck _.Taxon 7 (1958) 234.
  23. With B.L. VAN DER LINDEN & C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomen genericum conservandum propositum. 70.4666 Turpinia Vent. 1807 versus 4608 Triceros Lour. 1790. Taxon 9 (1960) 57-58.
  24. A new combination in Lespedeza (Leguminosae). Blumea 11 (1961) 134.
  25. With R.A. MAAS GEESTERANUS & C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomina conservanda proposita. 84. Proposal to conserve the generic name Phyllocharis Diels (Lobeliaceae). Taxon 10 (1961) 246.
  26. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Cardiopteris or Peripterygium (Icacinaceae). Taxon 11 (1962) 2B-29.
  27. With DING HOU & C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomina conservanda proposita. 96. Proposal to conserve 4621 Microtropis Wall. ex Meisn. 1837 against Microtropis E. Mey. 1835. Taxon 11 (1962) 225-226.
  28. With J.Th. KOSTER. Notes on the Flora of Java. VIII. Blumea 12 (1963) 61-69.
  29. With C.A. BACKER. Flora of Java 1-3 (1963-1968). Groningen.
  30. With J.W. VAN BORSSUM WAALKES & C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Proposals on Hibiscus and Malvaviscus, nom. cons. prop. 180-181. Taxon 15 (1966) 43.
  31. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Miscellaneous botanical notes. XVI. Bot. Jb. 86 (1967) 385-401.
  32. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Reduction of Clausena trichogyne Miq. (Rutaceae) to Walsura (Meliaceae). Blumea 16 (1968) 359-360.
  33. Nomenclatural prob1ems around Hibiscus L.Taxon 17 (1968) 44-47.
  34. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomina conservanda proposita. 200. A note on Pogosternon Desf. (Labiatae) and Dysophylla Bl. Taxon 17 (1968) 235-236.
  35. Lawia, Dalzellia, Mnianthus, Terniola and Indotristicha (Podostem.). Taxon 18 (1969) 598-599.
  36. Nomenclature and typification of the genera of Rubiaceae -Naucleeae and a proposal to conserve the generic name Nauclea   Taxon 19 (1970) 468-480.
  37. With HSUAN KENG & C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS. Nomina conservanda proposita. 317-318. Prosals to conserve the generic narnes 7338. Dysophylla Bl. and Proposals to conserve the generic narnes 7338. Dysophylla Bl. and 7337. Pogostemon Desf. (Labiatae) against Alopecuro-veronica L. Taxon 19 (1970) 820-821.
  38. With C.E. RIDSDALE & J. KOEK-NOORMAN. Notes on New Guinea Rubiaceae. Versteegia and Maschalodesme. Blumea 20 (1972) 339-350.
  39. With C.G.G.J. VAN STEENIS & J.F. VELDKAMP. Amaranthaceae. Fl. Mal. I, 6/6 (1972) 915-917.
  40. With C.E. RIDSDALE. A synopsis of the African and Madagascan Rubiaceae - Naucleeae. Blumea 22 (1975) 541-553.
  41. Introductory and nomenclatural notes in J.J. OCHSE & R.C. BAKHUIZEN VAN DEN BRINK (Sr.), Vegetables of the Dutch East Indies (1977) (v, x).

A great many families were worked up for C.A. BACKER, Nooduitgave van de Beknopte Flora van Java (1940-1961): Apocynaceae, Acaceae, Araliaceae (with S.J. VAN OOSTSTROOM), Asclepiadaceae, Commelinaceae, Connaraceae, Cyclanthaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Elaeagnaceae, Flagellariaceae, Gesneriaceae, Haemodoraceae, Hypoxidaceae, Juglandaceae, Lemnaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Loganiaceae, Marantaceae, Melastomataceae, Myoporaceae, Oleaceae (with G.J.H. AMSHOFF), Orobanchaceae, Palmae, Philesiaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Simaroubaceae, Tecophilaeaceae, Urticaceae, Valerianaceae, Velloziaceae, Zingiberaceae. - J.F .Veldkamp.


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