Heyligers, Petrus Cornelis   (1931 - 2022)

Born in Gorinchem, Netherlands in 1931; died in Curramore, Queensland, 8 October 2022, aged 91.

Educated at Utrecht University, majoring in plant geography; Dr.’s thesis (1961, published 1963) on vegetation and soil of a white-sand savanna in Suriname, South America.

From October 1961 with CSIRO, Div. of Land Research, as plant ecologist in the New Guinea section. He carried out natural resources reconnaissance surveys, and more specialized research into the vegetation of monsoonal Papua.

After his focus on PNG, he undertook research on coastal vegetation and a range of other topics in Australia.

Collecting localities: - in PNG
Eastern half of New Guinea. Papua: vicinity of Port Moresby (Aug. 1963);
Solomon Is.: Bougainville (July-Aug. 1964);
vicinity of Port Moresby (May-July 1965, Jan. 1966).
Terr. of New Guinea: Sepik Distr. between Ambunti and Aitape (July-Sept. 1966).
Papua: vicinity of Port Moresby (Apr., May, Aug. 1967, June 1968).
Terr. of New Guinea: Sepik Distr. (Aug. 1968).

Euphorbia heyligersiana is named in his honour.

Source: Extracted from: https://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/H/HeyligersPC.htm
Portrait Photo: 1968, CSIRO Archive, L 3476.001

Collecting localities for 'Heyligers, P.' from AVH (2023)

Data from 3289 specimens in Australian herbaria