William Burck

Dutch botanist (1848-1910).

William Burck (4 February 1848 in Monnickendam, the Netherlands – 25 September 1910 in Leiden, the Netherlands) was a Dutch botanist. He obtained a doctorate from Leiden University in 1874. In 1881 he became Assistant Director of the then Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens (now Bogor Botanical Gardens) in Java. He collected a large number of plant specimens from locations including the Padang Highlands of western Sumatra. The genus Burckella is named for him. He was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1885 and resigned in 1903. He was re-admitted a

Abbreviations: Burck
Occupations: civil servant, botanist
Citizenships: Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dates: 1848-02-04T00:00:00Z – 1910-09-25T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Monnickendam
Direct attributions: 44 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 71 plants, 0 fungi

44 plants attributed, 27 plants contributed to71 plants:

Vatica bantamensis Burck 1887
critically endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
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Hopea beccariana Burck 1887
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea beccariana is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is named after the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari, and is known in Singapore as merawan batu.
Dryobalanops lanceolata Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Dryobalanops lanceolata is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. The species name is derived from Latin (lanceolatus = shaped like the head of a spear) and refers to the shape of the leaf. This species is endemic to Borneo. It is common in protected areas, although elsewhere it has suffered modest population decline due to logging and land conversion. It is an immense emergent tree, up to 80 m tall, found in mixed dipterocarp forest on clay-rich soils. It is a heavy hardwood sold under the timber trade name kapur.
Shorea stenoptera (Light Red Meranti) Burck 1886
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea stenoptera, called light red meranti, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to western Borneo, where it is native to southwestern Sarawak and western Kalimantan. It can grow up to 30 metres tall. It is locally common in patchy lowland heath forest (kerangas) up to 300 metres elevation. It is threatened by habitat loss, and the IUCN Red List assesses the species as near threatened. The species was described by William Burck in 1886. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jaqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in the newly-described genus Rubroshorea as R.
Shorea singkawang (Dark Red Meranti) (Miq.) Burck 1887
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea singkawang (called, along with some other dipterocarp species, dark red meranti or meranti merah) is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree which grows up to 30 metres tall. It is native to Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, and Thailand, where it grows in lowland evergreen rain forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species was first described as Hopea singkawang by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1861. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed it in genus Rubroshorea as R. singkawang.
Palaquium rostratum (Miq.) Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
Palaquium rostratum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Southeast Asia.
Hopea coriacea Burck 1887
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea coriacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. It is a large canopy tree, up to 45 metres tall. It grows in lowland rain forests, on low hills, ridges, and on river banks, up to 400 metres elevation. The species is threatened with habitat loss from timber logging and expansion of agriculture and plantations. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Vulnerable.
Hopea celebica Burck 1887
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea celebica is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to central and southern Sulawesi. It is a large tree, which can grow up to 40 meters tall with a trunk up to 100 cm in diameter. It flowers unpredictably, with about three months between flowering and fruiting. It grows in lowland rain forest below 500 meters elevation. The species was described by William Burck in 1887.
Vatica umbonata (Hook.f.) Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Vatica umbonata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Sumatra, and Thailand. It is a large tree, growing up to 30 metres tall. It grows in lowland mixed dipterocarp rain forest, predominantly along rivers, and in hill forest and lower montane dipterocarp forest. It is a gregarious species and can form dense single-species stands. The species was first described as Pachynocarpus umbonatus by Hook in 1860. In 1887 William Burck placed the species in genus Vatica as V. umbonata.
Vatica teysmanniana Burck 1887
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Vatica teysmanniana is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to Sumatra. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Palaquium calophyllum (Teijsm. & Binn.) Pierre ex Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
Palaquium calophyllum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet calophyllum means 'beautiful leaves'.
Hopea nigra Burck 1887
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea nigra is a species of flowering plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to eastern Sumatra. It grows in lowland mixed dipterocarp rain forest up to 400 metres elevation. It is threatened with habitat loss. The IUCN Red List assesses the species as Vulnerable. The species was described by William Burck in 1887.
Shorea inappendiculata Burck 1887
vulnerable plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Shorea inappendiculata is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. It was first formally described by Dutch botanist William Burck in 1887. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Shorea elliptica (Dark Red Meranti) Burck 1887
endangered plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea elliptica (called, along with some other species in the genus Rubroshorea, dark red meranti) is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to western Borneo.
Payena obscura Burck 1885
vulnerable plant species in the sapotaceae family
Payena obscura is a tree in the family Sapotaceae, native to Southeast Asia.The specific epithet obscura means 'obscure', referring to the leaf veins.
Payena microphylla Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
Payena microphylla is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet microphylla means 'small-leaved'.
Palaquium xanthochymum (de Vriese) Pierre ex Burck 1885
vulnerable plant species in the sapotaceae family
Palaquium xanthochymum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet xanthochymum means 'yellow latex'.
Palaquium sumatranum Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
Palaquium sumatranum is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet sumatranum means "of Sumatra".
Palaquium quercifolium Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
Palaquium quercifolium is a tree in the family Sapotaceae. The specific epithet quercifolium refers to the leaves' similarity to the genus Quercus.
Shorea scrobiculata Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Shorea scrobiculata is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae.
Shorea scaberrima (Red Meranti) Burck 1886
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea scaberrima is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae which is endemic to Borneo. The species was first described as Shorea scaberrima by William Burck in 1886. The specific epithet scaberrima means 'very rough', referring to the indumentum. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R. scaberrima.
Shorea coriacea (Seraya Tangkai Panjang) Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea coriacea is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo. The species was first described as Shorea coriacea by William Burck in 1887. The specific epithet coriacea means 'leathery' and refers to the leaves. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed the species in genus Rubroshorea as R. coriacea.
Shorea beccariana Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Rubroshorea beccariana is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae which is endemic to Borneo. The species was first described as Shorea beccariana by William Burck in 1887. It is named for the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari. In 2022 Peter Shaw Ashton and Jacqueline Heckenhauer placed it in the genus Rubroshorea as R. beccariana.
Palaquium obtusifolium Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
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Palaquium amboinense Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
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Hopea bracteata Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Hopea bracteata is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Borneo, Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. The species was described by William Burck in 1887. The specific epithet bracteata means 'thin metal plate', referring to the bracts (leaf-like structures) of the inflorescence.
Goniothalamus coriaceus Burck 1911
plant species in the annonaceae family
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Goniothalamus cleistogamus Burck 1911
plant species in the annonaceae family
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Vatica borneensis Burck 1887
plant species in the dipterocarpaceae family
Vatica borneensis is a tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, native to Borneo.
Palaquium pierrei Burck 1885
plant species in the sapotaceae family
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