
Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant curator at the Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. In the following years he undertook several expeditions to Java, Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands to collect specimens of plants. From 1913 until his retirement in 1924 Johannes Jacobus Smith was the director of the Buitenzorg Botanical Gardens.
After his retirement in 1924 he settled back to Holland and continued describing Orchidaceae (Orchids). His main work was the description of plants from the western part of New Guinea, formerly part of the Dutch East Indies colony.
Johannes Jacobus Smith died in the year 1947 in Oegstgeest, near Leiden, Holland.
His author abbreviation: J.J.Sm.

Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)
Dendrochilum magnum Rchb. f. 1861
Coral Plant (Jatropha multifida)
Bulbophyllum patens King 1896
Dendrobium sulcatum Lindl. 1838
Rain Tree (Samanea saman)
Blue Strawberry Flower (Memecylon caeruleum)
Bulbophyllum claptonense Rolfe 1905
Luisia curtisii
Cream Fruit (Strophanthus gratus)
Thai Orchid Rhynchostylis coelestis
Rudraksha Tree (Elaeocarpus grandiflorus)
Miniature Orchid Bulbophyllum dentiferum
Bangkok Rose Mussaenda Queen Sirikit
Luisia thailandica
Spiral Ginger (Costus barbatus)
Green Orchid Grammatophyllum multiflorum var. multiflorum
Queens Wreath (Petrea volubilis)
Hoya lasiantha
Geodorum recurvum (Roxb.) Alston 1931



Cats Claw Creeper (Macfadyena unguis-cati)
Water Lily Hybrid Nymphaea Peach Glow
Succulent Huernia macrocarpa
Hoya kerrii Craib 1911 Sweetheart Hoya
Dendrobium unicum Seidenf. 1970
[...] Johannes Jacobus Smith Dutch Botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant… [...]
[...] Johannes Jacobus Smith Dutch Botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant… [...]
[...] Johannes Jacobus Smith Dutch Botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant…[...]
[...] Johannes Jacobus Smith Dutch Botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant…[...]
[...] Johannes Jacobus Smith Dutch Botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant… [...]
[...] Johannes Jacobus Smith Dutch Botanist Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867-1947) was a Dutch Botanist. In the year 1891 Johannes Jacobus Smith became assistant…; [...]
[...] duplicilobum (J.J. Sm.) Garay 1972 is an epiphytic growing orchid species with small sized (0,8 cm) flowers. Cleisostoma [...]