several plant species were named in his honour, such as "begonia bonus-henricus" j.j. de wilde, "crudia dewitii" kostermans, "cryptocoryne dewitii" jacobsen, "homalium dewitii" kostermans, "bauhinia dewitii" k.larsen & s.s.larsen, "rinorea dewitii" achound., and "lagenandra dewitii" crusio et de graaf.