He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus.

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.

Royena (L.) F.White), in the Ebenaceae, and Melastoma royenii Blume.

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