Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (7 February 1888, in

Dordrecht Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...

– 21 December 1984) was a Dutch botanist. He received his education at the

University of Utrecht Utrecht University (UU; nl, Universiteit Utrecht, formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2018, it had an enrollme ...

, and performed as a botanical researcher in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

. In South Africa he collaborated with German botanist Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (1903–1977). From 1924 to 1931 he was a professor at Transvaal University in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...

, where he conducted studies of the genus ''

Pavetta ''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...

''. During this time period he collected plants from northern

Transvaal Transvaal is a historical geographic term associated with land north of (''i.e.'', beyond) the Vaal River in South Africa. A number of states and administrative divisions have carried the name Transvaal. * South African Republic (1856–1902; af, ...

, Rhodesia, and

Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

. A portion of his career was spent at the herbarium in Utrecht, where he specialized in studies of

Rubiaceae The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...

and

Acanthaceae Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in tem ...

. Eponymy '' Bremekampia'' (

) '' Batopedina'' (

) '' Toddaliopsis bremekampii'' (

Rutaceae The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAE
in BoDD – Botanical Der ...

)

Written works

* "A revision of the South African species of Pavetta", 1929 * ''Sciaphyllum, genus novum Acanthacearum'', 1940 * "Materials for a monograph of the Strobilanthinae (Acanthaceae)", 1944 * "Notes on the Acanthaceae of Java", 1948 * "A preliminary survey of the Ruelliinae (Acanthaceae) of the Malay Archipelago and New Guinea", 1948 * "The African species of Oldenlandia L Sensu Hiern et K. Schumann", 1952 * "A revision of the Malaysian Nelsonieae (Scrophulariaceae)", 1955 * "The Thunbergia species of the Malesian area", 1955. * "Remarks on the position, the delimitation and the subdivision of the Rubiaceae", 1966. WorldCat Identities
(list of publications)

References

JSTOR Plant Science Bremekamp
Cornelis Eliza Bertus (1888–1984) – biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Bremekamp, Cornelis Eliza Bertus 1888 births 1984 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists Dutch expatriates in South Africa People from Dordrecht Utrecht University alumni