Johannes Jacobus Smith - Botanical Accomplishments

Botanical Accomplishments

J.J.Smith studied and described hundreds of orchid species, amongst others :

• Aerides reversum J.J.Sm. (1912)
• Bulbophyllum borneense (Schltr.) J.J.Sm. (1912)
• Bulbophyllum brunendijkii J.J.Sm. (1906).
• Bulbophyllum echinolabium J.J.Sm. (1934).
• Calanthe veratrifolia var. dupliciloba J.J.Sm. (1922)
• Calanthe veratrifolia var. lancipetala J.J.Sm. (1930)
• Cirrhopetalum biflorum (Teijsm. & Binn.) J.J.Sm. (1903)
• Coelogyne salmonicolor var. virescentibus J.J.Sm. ex Dakkus (1935)
• Dendrobium acaciifolium J.J.Sm. (1917)
• Dendrobium acanthophippiiflorum J.J.Sm. (1915)
• Dendrobium agathodaemonis J.J.Sm. (1910)
• Dendrobium asperifolium J.J.Sm. (1911)
• Dendrobium atromarginatum J.J.Sm. (1929)
• Dendrobium capitellatum J.J.Sm. (1906)
• Dendrobium carstensziense J.J.Sm. (1929)
• Dendrobium confusum J.J.Sm. (1911)
• Dendrobium ephemerum J.J.Sm. (1917)
• Dendrobium halmaheirense J.J.Sm.
• Dendrobium lichenicola J.J.Sm. (1929)
• Dendrobium papilioniferum J.J.Sm. (1905)
• Dendrobium papilioniferum var. ephemerum J.J.Sm. (1905)
• Dendrobium quadrialatum J.J.Sm. (1922)
• Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum J.J.Smith (1905)
• Phalaenopsis amboinensis J.J.Sm. (1911)
• Phalaenopsis denevei J.J.Sm. (1925)
• Phalaenopsis fimbriata J.J.Sm. (1921)
• Phalaenopsis fimbriata var. sumatrana J.J.Sm. (1932)
• Phalaenopsis pulcherrima J.J.Sm. (1933)
• 67 Dendrochilum species
• and many more

He named several orchid genera:

• Abdominea J.J. Sm.1914.
• Ascocentrum Schlechter ex- J.J. Sm. 1914.

The orchid Cypripedium smithii was named in his honor by Rudolf Schlechter.

The standard author abbreviation J.J.Sm. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.