Background
Houttuyn was born in Hoorn, studied medicine in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam in 1753.
Houttuyn was born in Hoorn, studied medicine in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam in 1753.
Leiden University.
He published many books on natural history. His areas of interest encompassed Pteridophytes, Bryophytes and Spermatophytes. He died in Amsterdam.
In botanical nomenclature, the standard author transcript Houtt. is applied to plants described by him.
Martinus Houttuyn was the co-writer of the volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Nederlandsche Vogelen. The first author was Cornelius Nozeman.
He is commemorated by the monotypic genus Houttuynia, a member of the Saururaceae from China and Japan.