Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 10 August 1936,

Haren, Groningen Haren (; gos, Hoaren) is a town and a former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands located in the direct urban area of the City of Groningen. Haren is a typical commuting municipality with many wealthy inhabitants. It lies on the north ...

- died Molenaarsgraaf 13 July 2019) was a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the scientific study of naming, defining ( circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxa (singular: taxon) and these groups are given ...

best known for his work on palms. He has described 37 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm familyInternational Plant Names Index
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1936 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Dutch botanists 21st-century Dutch botanists Utrecht University alumni People from Haren, Groningen {{Netherlands-botanist-stub