Dirk Fok van Slooten

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]

Selected bibliography

• The Flacourtiaceae of the Dutch East Indies, 1925
• The Dipterocarpaceae of the Dutch East Indies, 1926
• Ridley and the Flora of the Netherlands Indies, 1935