Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns

Walter Robyns
Born	25 May 1901 Aalst, Belgium
Died	27 December 1986(1986-12-27) (aged 85)
Nationality	Belgium
Fields	Botany
Institutions	National Botanic Garden of Belgium
Author abbreviation (botany)	Robyns

Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.

After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (1932–1966), where he shaped the transfer of the institute from the site in Brussels to the Bouchout Domain in Meise.

He was the initiator of a monographic flora series for central Africa, still continued today (Flore d'Afrique centrale) and was among the founders of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.

Abbreviation

The standard author abbreviation Robyns is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

External links

Walter Robyns on the website of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium

Persondata
Name	Robyns, Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter
Alternative names	Robyns, Walter
Short description	Botanist
Date of birth	25 May 1901
Place of birth	Aalst, Belgium
Date of death	27 December 1986
Place of death