Adriaan van Royen
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He is best known for his work on flora of Southeast Asia. Adriaan van Royen formed a close relationship with Linnaeus, who had visited the Leiden Botanic Garden during a stay in Leiden between 1737 and 1738.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728.
He died in Leiden in 1779.
The genus ''Royena'' L. (= ''Diospyros'' sect. ''Royena'' (L.) F.White), in the Ebenaceae, and ''Melastoma royenii'' Blume. Sutton, D.A. are named after him.
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