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Job Kuijt

Job Kuijt is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Job Kuijt rather than just read about it. In short: Job Kuijt (25 May 1930 – 15 December 2024), was a Dutch-born Canadian botanist, with a particular interest in parasitic plants, including Viscaceae, Loranthaceae and Eremolepidaceae. The standard author abbreviation Kuijt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Job Kuijt (25 May 1930 – 15 December 2024), was a Dutch-born Canadian botanist, with a particular interest in parasitic plants, including Viscaceae, Loranthaceae and Eremolepidaceae. The standard author abbreviation Kuijt is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Life and Career Born in 1930 in Velsen, the Netherlands, he migrated to British Columbia in 1948. in 1958 he was awarded a Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley. From 1968 to 1989 he worked as an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, in Alberta. He later worked as professor at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1964, and the George Lawson Medal in 1971 by the Canadian Botanical Association.

Names published (incomplete list: query lists some 645 names-some repeated)

Antidaphne andina Kuijt—Fl. Ecuador 24(32A): 7. 1986 Antidaphne antidaphnoides (Rizzini) Kuijt—Syst. Bot. Monogr. 18: 26. 1988 Antidaphne glaziovii (Tiegh.) Kuijt—Syst. Bot. Monogr. 18: 26. 1988 Antidaphne hondurensis Kuijt—Novon 8: 402, fig. 1–6. 1998 Aetanthus dichotomus (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuijt—Fl. Ecuador 24: 167. 1986 Aetanthus macranthus (Hook.) Kuijt—Fl. Ecuador 24(32C): 169. 1986 Aetanthus megaphyllus Kuijt—Pl. Diversity Evol. 131(1-3): 20. 2014 Aetanthus pascoensis Kuijt—Pl. Diversity Evol. 131(1-3): 33. 2014 Aetanthus prolongatus Kuijt—Pl. Diversity Evol. 131(1-3): 36. 2014 Aetanthus sessilifolius Kuijt—Pl. Diversity Evol. 131(1-3): 38. 2014 Aetanthus tachirensis Kuijt—Pl. Diversity Evol. 131(1-3): 40. 2014 Phoradendron nickrentianum Kuijt, Novon 21(4): 456 (2011). (These may not be accepted names.)

Selected publications Job Kuijt (1969), The Biology of Parasitic Flowering Plants, Berkeley, OL 19339570W, Wikidata Q112657489{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Daniel L. Nickrent; Frank Anderson; Job Kuijt (11 March 2019). "Inflorescence evolution in Santalales: integrating morphological characters and molecular phylogenetics" (PDF). American Journal of Botany. 106 (3): 402–414. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1250. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 30856677. Wikidata Q92271600. Job Kuijt; Bertel Hansen (2015), Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Santalales, Balanophorales, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 12, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09296-6, Wikidata Q57320004 Job Kuijt; Bertel Hansen (9 August 2014). "Loranthaceae: Loranthaceae Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 12: 292 (1808) ('Loranthaea'), nom. cons.; Barlow, Flora Males. I, 13: 209–401 (1997); Polhill and Wiens, Mistletoes of Africa, Royal Bot. Gard. Kew (1998).Loranthaceae subfam. Loranthoideae Eaton, Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 37 (1836).Elytranthaceae Tiegh. (1896).Nuytsiaceae Tiegh. (1896).Gaiadendraceae Tiegh. ex Nakai (1952).Psittacanthaceae Nakai (1952)". Flowering Plants. Eudicots. Santalales, Balanophorales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 12: 73–119. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-09296-6_14. Wikidata Q139683782. Kuijt, Job, (2009) "Monograph of Psittacanthus (Loranthaceae)." 361-pp. Job Kuijt (1988). "Revision of Tristerix (Loranthaceae)" (PDF). Systematic Botany Monographs. 19: 1. doi:10.2307/25027693. ISSN 0737-8211. JSTOR 25027693. Wikidata Q55767908. Job Kuijt; R. TOTH (November 1976). "Ultrastructure of Angiosperm Haustoria—A Review". Annals of Botany. 40 (6): 1121–1130. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085232. ISSN 0305-7364. Wikidata Q139595335. Job Kuijt (31 December 1969). The Biology of Parasitic Flowering Plants. doi:10.1525/9780520417793. ISBN 978-0-520-41779-3. Wikidata Q139595117. Job Kuijt (December 1955). "Dwarf Mistletoes" (PDF). The Botanical Review (in German). 21 (10): 569–619. doi:10.1007/bf02872378. ISSN 0006-8101. Wikidata Q139595101.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Job Kuijt

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Job Kuijt claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Job Kuijt before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Job Kuijt ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Job Kuijt

In research: Job Kuijt appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Job Kuijt in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Job Kuijt is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1930 births, 2024 deaths, 20th-century Canadian botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Job Kuijt outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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