Maarten Buysman

Maarten Buysman, also spelt Buijsman (1856 –1919), was a Dutch botanist, known for growing, cultivating, and selling plants from across Europe, the Americas, and Indonesia.

[4][5] In 1906-1907, Buysman moved to the colonial Dutch East Indies, where he was employed at the Hotel Nongkodjadjar in the Pasuruan Regency.

[3] According to the Office of Seed and Plant Introduction, Buysman focused on growing plants at Nongkodjadjar that were hitherto unknown to the region,[6] and appears to have been the source of some foreign species introduced to Indonesia, such as Cecropia pachystachya, Salvia tiliifolia, Cenchrus tribuloides, Elymus repens, Bromus sterilis, and Bromus erectus, although not all of these species have persisted.

[4][3][7][8][9] Backer also ascribed the presence of non-native plants when he visited Nongkodjadjar in 1925, such as Salvia tiliifolia, Calyptocarpus vialis, Melampodium perfoliatum, and Marsypianthes chamaedrys to Buysman's acclimation activities.

[28][29] Evelyn Cheesman examined a parasitic wasp collected by Buysman, and named the genus Buysmania in his honour.

The gardens at Hotel Nongkodjadjar , 1910, where Buysman worked. KITLV 1404270
Preserved specimen of Acacia implexa Benth. (Black Wattle), from the National Herbarium of New South Wales . It was cultivated by Maarten Buysman in Indonesia.