Melchior Treub

Melchior Treub

Melchior Treub with Netty and Louise Treub, Buitenzorg, June 15, 1904

Melchior Treub (December 26, 1851 - October 3, 1910) was a Dutch botanist who was born in Voorschoten. In 1873 he graduated from the University of Leiden, and afterwards remained in Leiden as a botanical assistant. From 1880 until 1909 he was a botanist in the Dutch East Indies.

Treub is remembered for his botanical work with tropical flora on the island of Java. He is especially recognized for his organization of the Bogor Botanical Gardens at Buitenzorg as a world-renowned scientific institution of botany. He worked for nearly 30 years at the botanical gardens, returning to the Netherlands a year prior to his death in 1910.　In 1903　he established the Buitenzorg Landbouw Hogeschool which later evolved into the Bogor Agricultural Institute.

In 1907 Treub was the recipient of the Linnean Medal, and today the Dutch "Society for the Advancement of Scientific Research in the Tropics" is known as the Treub Maatschappij. He is credited for coining the term protocorm to describe the early stages in the germination of lycopods.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation Treub is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia.

1. ^ [1] Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Vol. 46, 2005 Protocorm or rhizome? The morphology of seed germination in Cymbidium dayanum
2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

Persondata
Name	Treub, Melchior
Alternative names
Short description	Dutch botanist
Date of birth	December 26, 1851
Place of birth	Voorschoten, Netherlands
Date of death	October 3, 1910
Place of death	Saint-Raphaël, Var, France