Hendrik van Reede tot Drakestein

1637–1691

1 standalone book

Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein (1637–1691) was a Dutch military officer and colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company. Between 1669 and 1676 he served as governor of Dutch Malabar at Kochi and employed twenty-five people on his book Hortus Malabaricus, which described 740 plants of the region. Many plants are named for him, and the standard botanical author abbreviation Rheede indicates him when citing a plant name.

Born

1637