Zanten, Bernard Otto van   (1927 -  )

Born in 1927, at Oudemolen, Dr., Netherlands.

Educated at Groningen University (Ph.D. 1959).

After having taken his doctor's degree he joined the Dutch New Guinea Expedition to the Sterrengebergte, and subsequently paid a 3-months visit to New Zealand.

In New Zealand in 1959 about 600 nos were collected of which some 200 phanerogams.

He was later on the staff of the Botanical Laboratory of Groningen University, working on his moss collection.

In 1969 he made a half-year bryological collecting trip to Australia, New Zealand, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Luzon, and Japan, sponsored by WOTRO.

The 1969 collection consists almost exclusively of bryophytes, of which those from the Philippines and Japan are collected with his wife, Mrs H.H.van Zanten-Tuntelder.

In 2006 he contributed to Vol.51 of Flora of Australia, Mosses 1, with his address listed as:
"Dr Bernard O. van Zanten, Vogelzangsteeg 8, 9479 TG Noordlaren, The Netherlands".

Source: Extracted from:
Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II
https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000052823
Portrait Photo: none found.

Collecting localities for 'Zanten, B.O.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 1,265 specimens