Erik Albert Mennega

Erik Albert Mennega (6 January 1923 – 27 January 1998) was a Dutch botanist, plant taxonomist, and author.

Erik Mennega
Born6 January 1923
Nijmegen
Died27 January 1998 (1998-01-28) (aged 75)
NationalityDutch
Alma materUtrecht University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsUtrecht University
Author abbrev. (botany)E.A.Mennega

Biography

Mennega studied biology at Utrecht University, receiving his degree in 1947. He was then hired as a taxonomist at the Utrecht University Botanic Gardens. He spent much of his time identifying botanical collections at the original garden in Baarn, as well as identifying at documenting species at the Von Gimborn Arboretum. He remained at the gardens until his retirement in 1984.[1]

In 1988, Frans Stafleu and Richard Sumner Cowan published the second edition of Taxonomic Literature: A Selective Guide to Botanical Publications and Collections, with Dates, Commentaries, and Types.[1] After Cowan left the project, Stafleu began collaborating with Mennega on a supplement series. The two wrote and published six volumes between 1992 and 2000, the last two posthumously.[2] Mennega took over the majority of writing and compiling after 1995 due to the decline of Stafleu's health.[3] Mennega himself died of a heart attack on 27 January 1998.[1]

Botanist Alberta Mennega was Mennega's aunt.[4]

Selected publications
  • Stafleu, F. A., Cowan, R. S., & Mennega, E. A. (1979). Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema.
  • Mennega, E. A. (1985). Bibliography of the Annonaceae. Utrecht, Netherlands: Institute of Systematic Botany.
  • Mennega, E. A., Rooij, W. C. M. T., Jansen-Jacobs, M. J., & Fanshawe, D. B. (1988). Check-list of woody plants of Guyana. Ede, the Netherlands: Tropenbos Foundation.

References
  1. Zijlstra, G. (1998). Erik A. Mennega (1923-1998). Taxon, 47(4), 974-975. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/1224228
  2. Dorr, Laurence J., Nicolson, Dan H (2008). TL-2 Speaks Volumes. Plant Press, 11(4). Retrieved from https://nmnh.typepad.com/the_plant_press/2008/10/plant-press-2008-vol-11-issue-4.html
  3. Farjon, A., Westhoff, V., & Zijlstra, G. (1998). In Memory of Frans Stafleu (8 September 1921-16 December 1997). Brittonia, 50(4), 420-427. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2807750
  4. Stafleu, F. A., Cowan, R. S., & Mennega, E. A. (1979). Taxonomic literature: A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema.
  5. International Plant Names Index.  E.A.Mennega.
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