caption death_date death_place influenced birth_place citizenship field work_institutions birth_date known_for residence article_title author_abbrev_bot name alma_mater
hendrik de wit around 1980 yes 1999 3 16 1909 10 24 heelsum , the netherlands wim crusio purmerend , the netherlands dutch plant taxonomy wageningen university and research centre yes 1909 10 24 studies on '' cryptocoryne '' and '' lagenandra '' the netherlands , south africa , dutch east indies hendrik de wit
 de wit hendrik cornelis dirk de wit university of amsterdam
hendrik de wit

hendrik -lrb- henk -rrb- cornelis dirk de wit -lrb- 24 october 1909 -- 16 march 1999 -rrb- was a dutch systematic botanist who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the aroid genera `` cryptocoryne '' and `` lagenandra '' .
he grew up in the waterland , a marshy area in the northwest netherlands , possibly the origin of his lifelong interest in aquatic plants .
