Ohwi, Jisaburo (1905-1977)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jisaburo
Last name
Ohwi
Initials
J.
Life Dates
1905 - 1977
Collecting Dates
1932 - 1954
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
KYO (main), TNS (main), A, B, BH, BM, BO, C, DAO, DPU (currently NY), E, GB, KUO, LE, MO, NY, P, UPS, US
Countries
Japanese region: Japan, North KoreaChinese region: Taiwan, Singapore, MongoliaMalesian region: IndonesiaNorth Asia: Russian Federation
Associate(s)
Ikuse, M. (fl. 1953) (co-collector)
Ito, E. (fl. 1951-1958) (co-collector)
Kisauchi, K. (fl. 1953) (co-collector)
Koyama, Tetsuo Michael (1933-) (co-collector)
Maruyama, N. (fl. 1936-1958) (co-collector)
Okamoto, Kazuhiko (fl. 1950-1958) (co-collector)
Okuyama, Shunki (1909-) (co-collector)
Togashi, Makoto (1911-1998) (co-collector)
Biography
Japanese botanist. After graduating from the University of Kyoto in 1930, Jisabro Ohwi went on to join the university staff as a lecturer in 1936. He left Kyoto in 1943 to spend two years working at Buitenzorg Herbarium in Java, after which he was based at the Tokyo Science Museum. Ohwi is especially known for his Flora of Japan (in English) (1965), the first modern account of the complete vascular flora of the country in English. About 15 plant species are named after Ohwi, including Carex ohwii Masam. and Cyperus ohwii Küh.

Sources:
M.J. van Steenis Kruseman, "Cyclopedia of Collectors", Flora Malesiana, online edn:
http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/O/OhwiJ.htm, accessed 26 November 2010.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 466; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. M (1976): 617;
Ohwi, Jisaburo (1905-1977)
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