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Leni Duistermaat

Lenie Duistermaat

Ever since I was little I’ve had a keen interest in plants, even before I could read I wanted to know the names of all the flowers I saw around me. At the age of nine I knew I wanted to become a botanist. With this focus I studied Biology at Leiden University, persuing a career in plant taxonomy.  I want to produce userfriendly identification keys, floras and field guides, thereby enabling professionals as well as the layman to correctly identify the plants that they held in their hands.

Keywords

Flora, plant taxonomy, netherlands, poaceae, peninsular malaysia, amischotolype, invasive plant species, se asia

Dr. Leni Duistermaat

Researcher
Tropical Botany

leni.duistermaat@naturalis.nl
+31 (0)71 751 9200

Research
interest

My main interest is in plant taxonomy: produce revisions and (contributions to) floras, based on both morphological and molecular characteristics.

More specifically, I am interested in the vascular plant flora of the Netherlands, to produce an update of the standard flora Heukels’ Flora van Nederland. Besides, I have a special interest in several monocot groups of SE Asia (as Honorary staff member): Poaceae, in particular of Peninsular Malaysia; Commelinaceae, especially Amischotolype; to a lesser extent Cyperaceae. Finally, as Q-bank curator for the Consortium invasive plant species, I am interested in invasion biology and risk assessments.

Leni Duistermaat
Anemona nemorosa

Current
topics

A selection of the topics I am working on currently.

Orchidee

Flora of the Netherlands

We provide identifications of Dutch vascular plants for both the layman and professional organizations. Our program ‘Nature of the Netherlands’ serves to make a significant contribution to the knowledge of and appreciation for the natural environment in…
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Large water pennywort

Invasive species

In recent decades, the Dutch flora has seen a sharp increase in exotic species. We call them invasive species or invasives when they cause nuisance by a strong expansion or densification of their area. The nuisance of invasive species can consist of…
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Key
publications

  • Duistermaat, H.. Herbariummateriaal verzamelen nog van deze tijd?!, Instructions for collecting herbarium material.
  • Duistermaat, H. 1987. A revision of Oryza (Gramineae) in Malesia and Australia. Blumea 32: 157—193.
  • Duistermaat, H. 1996. Monograph of Arctium L. incl. Cousinia Cass. p.p. (Asteraceae): Generic delimitation (including Cousinia Cass. p.p.), revision of the species, pollen morphology, and hybrids. Thesis Leiden University. Also published as Gorteria Supplement 3: 143 p.p.
  • Duistermaat, H. 2005. Field Guide to the Grasses of Singapore (Excluding the Bamboos). Supplement to The Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 57: 1—177.
  • Van de Wiel, C.C.M., J. van der Schoot, J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg, Duistermaat, H. & M.J.M. Smulders, 2009. DNA barcoding discriminates the noxious invasive plant species, floating pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f.), from non-invasive relatives. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 1086—1091.
  • Duistermaat, H. 2012. A taxonomic revision of Amischotolype (Commelinaceae) in Asia. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 64: 51—131.
  • Ghahramanzadeh, R., Esselink, G., Kodde. L.P., Duistermaat, H., Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. van, Marashi, S.H., Smulders, M. J. M. & Wiel, C.C.M. van de. 2013. Efficient distinction of invasive aquatic plant species from non-invasive related species using DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources: 13, 1 (2013) 21—31. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12020
  • Leewis, R., Duistermaat, H., Gittenberger, A., Have, T. van der, Soes, M. & Valkenburg, J. van. 2013. Veldgids Exoten.  191 pp. KNNV Uitgeverij, Zeist.
  • Dirkse, G.M., Zonneveld, B.J.M., Duistermaat, H. 2015. Cardamine hamiltonii G.Don – Aziatische veldkers (Brassicaceae) in Nederland. Gorteria 37: 64-69.
  • Veldkamp, J.F., Duistermaat, H., K.M. Wong & D.J. Middleton, 2019. - Poaceae (Gramineae). Middleton, D.J. et al. (eds.), Flora of Singapore 7: 219-501.

Teaching
activities

Excursions of year 1 (2 days, and since 2014 5 days, Biology curriculum, Leiden University; 2007, 2012- )  

Publications

2022

Books as author

Valkenburg J.L.C.H. van, Boer E., Duistermaat H., Al E.J. 2022. Invasieve houtige planten in Nederland – Veldgids..: 104 p. Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit. . ISBN 978-90-817004-6-7.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Dirkse G.M., Zonneveld B.J.M., Duistermaat H. 2022. Myosotis dubia Arrond. (Boraginaceae), Bleek vergeet-mij-nietje, in Nederland en Duitsland en hoe deze soort te onderscheiden van M. discolor Pers. (Veelkleurig vergeet-mij-nietje).. Gorteria 44: 18 p. 016-033.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Valkenburg J.L.C.H. van, Duistermaat H., Boer E., Raaymakers T.M. 2022. Myriophyllum rubricaule sp. nov., a M. aquaticum look-alike only known in cultivation.. European Journal of Taxonomy 828: 15 p. 1-15. DOI https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.828.1847
2020

Books as author

Duistermaat H. 2020. Heukels' Flora van Nederland. ed. 24: 841 p. Noordhoff Uitgevers, Groningen/Utrecht. ISBN 9789001589561.
2019

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Turner I.M., Middleton D.J., Duistermaat H., Veldkamp J.F. 2019. Flora of Singapore precursors, 6: Typification of grass names relevant to the flora of Singapore. Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 71 (1) : 44 p. 1-44. DOI https://doi.org/10.26492/gbs71(1).2019-01
2018

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Thomson S.A., Pyle R.L., Ahyong S.T., [...] Byng J.W., Dekker R., Dijkstra K.-D., Duistermaat H., Geml J., Hovenkamp P., et al. 2018. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLoS Biology 16 (3) : 12 p. e2005075. DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075
2017

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Vorstenbosch T., Zwarte I. de , Duistermaat L. , Andel T. van 2017. Famine food of vegetal origin consumed in the Netherlands during World War II.. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13: 15 p. 63. DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-017-0190-7
2015

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

2014

Chapters in book

Duistermaat H. 2014. Arctium L..: 218-219.

Books as editor

Rottenstreiter W.K. (ed.) 2014. Exkursionsflora für Istrien.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Dirkse G.M., Duistermaat H., Zonneveld B.J.M. 2014. Morphology and genome weight of Symphyotrichum species (Asteraceae) along rivers in The Netherlands. New Journal of Botany 4 (3) : 9 p. 134-142. Maney Publishing on behalf of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000049
2013

Books as author

Boer E., Duistermaat H., Valkenburg J.L.C.H. van 2013. Waardplanten Anoplophora. Veldgids zomerkenmerken.: 56 p. NVWA, Utrecht. ISBN 9789081700429.
Boer E., Duistermaat H., Valkenburg J.L.C.H. van. 2013. Waardplanten Anoplophora. Veldgids winterkenmerken.: 56 p. NVWA, Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789081700405.
Leewis R., Duistermaat L., Gittenberger A., Have T. van der, Soes M., Valkenburg, J. van 2013. Veldgids Exoten.: 191 p. KNNV Uitgeverij, Zeist, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789050114332.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Ghahramanzadeh R., Esselink G., Kodde L.P., Duistermaat H., Valkenburg J.L.C.H. van, Marashi S.H., Smulders M.J.M., Wiel C.C.M. van de 2013. Efficient distinction of invasive aquatic plant species from non-invasive related species using DNA barcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources 13 (1) : 21-31. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12020
2009

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Tamis W.L.M., Duistermaat H., Moorsel R.C.M.J. van, Kruijer J.D., Roos M.C. 2009. The loss and (re)appearance of vascular plant species in the Netherlands. Gorteria: Tijdschrift voor de Floristiek 33 (46) : 166-185.
1987

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Duistermaat H. 1987. A revision of Oryza (Gramineae) in Malesia and Australia. Blumea: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography 32: 157-193.