The Herbarium of Kagoshima University Museum

Korimoto 1-21-30
Kagoshima
890-0065 Kagoshima
Japan

Tel: +81 99 285 8141
Fax: +81 99 285 7267
Web: https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/hyouhonsitu.html

Dr. Shuichiro Tagane
Email: stagane29@gmail.com

The Herbarium of Kagoshima University Museum (KAG) was founded in 2001, in order to safeguard and preserve the specimens collected by successive botanical researchers in Kagoshima University (1949-present) and its predecessor, Kagoshima Imperial College of Agriculture & Forestry (1908-1952).

The KAG houses 180,000 preserved specimens of flowering plants and ferns collected in Japan (especially the southern part of Kyushu Island and Ryukyus), Taiwan, and other countries.

Collections Information

• Major contributors to these collections include Sumihiko Hatusima, Eizi Suzuki, Katsutoshi Maruno, Shizuo Sako, Shigeki Kawagoe, Takashi Naito, Goken Ikeda, and Toshiaki Shiuchi.
• More than 180 type specimens, mostly described by Hatusima.
• Most specimens (over 150,000) are databased, and digitized images are available on the KAG website: https://www.museum.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/hyouhonsitu.html

Materials contributed by The Herbarium of Kagoshima University Museum (KAG):

• Specimens