Dirk Fok van Slooten
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Dirk Fok van Slooten (1891, Amersfoort, the Netherlands – 1953, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from Utrecht University in 1919. In 1948 he became acting director of the Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java.[1]
Van Slooten named over 130 plant species, including species such as Dipterocarpus borneensis.[2] The species Shorea slootenii is named for him.[3]
