Elizabeth A. Widjaja

Dr. Elizabeth Anita Widjaja (born 1951) is a Senior Principal Researcher of bamboo taxonomy at the Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Biological Research Centre at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences in Bogor, Indonesia.[1][2][3][4] She is especially interested in Indonesian bamboo and Malesian bamboo generally, and promotes the cultivation of bamboo for the prevention of erosion.[2]

Dr. Widjaja recently said, of bamboo as a source of biofuel, that:

“ “It is an overwhelming source. Furthermore, it is easy to work with bamboo so research about bamboo-based biofuel should be cheaper.”[5] ”

Bambusa lako (Timor black bamboo) was described and separated from the Indonesian black bamboo species Gigantochloa atroviolacea by Professor Widjaja in 1997, as its appearance (morphology) differed.[6]

Books

Awards

The standard author abbreviation Widjaja is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

References

  1. ^ International Expert Consultation on Non-Wood Forest Products. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1995. ISBN 92-5-103701-9. http://www.fao.org/docrep/V7540E/V7540e10.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Dransfield, Soejatmi; Elizabeth A. Widjaja (1995). "Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 7. Bamboos.". Backhuys Publishers. pp. 189. http://www.akha.org/content/bamboo/overstorybamboo.html. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  3. ^ Widjaja, Elizabeth A. "State of the art of Indonesian Bamboo". Bioversity International. http://www.bioversityinternational.org/publications/Web_version/572/ch26.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  4. ^ "Elizabeth Anita Widjaja". Open Library. http://openlibrary.org/a/OL4405600A/Elizabeth-Anita-Widjaja. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  5. ^ "Biofuel from Bamboo Tree". Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences. 2009-02-07. http://www.biologi.lipi.go.id/bio_english/news_detail.php?id_berita=63. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  6. ^ Widjaja, Elizabeth A. "New taxa in Indonesian bamboo". Reinwardtia (11): 57–152. 
  7. ^ "Identikit jenis-jenis bambu di Jawa". National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn838423. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  8. ^ "Identikit jenis-jenis bambu di Kepulauan Sunda Kecil". National Library of Australia. http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn319531. Retrieved 2009-04-07. 
  9. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.