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Cornelis Andries Backer

Cornelis Andries Backer
Born (1874-09-18)September 18, 1874
Oudenbosch, Holland
Died February 22, 1963(1963-02-22) (aged 88)
Heemstede
Nationality Dutch
Scientific career
Fields Botany, plant systematics, pteridology
Institutions Leiden University, Rijksherbarium

Cornelis Andries Backer (1874–1963) was a Dutch botanist and pteridologist.

The genus Backeria (Melastomataceae) was named after Backer in 1943 by Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink Jr.


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