Jisaburo Ohwi
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was Japanese botanist
. He was a distinguished member of the Faculty of Science of Kyoto Imperial University
. He is perhaps best known for his 1953 .
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...
. He was a distinguished member of the Faculty of Science of Kyoto Imperial University
Kyoto University
, or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :...
. He is perhaps best known for his 1953 .
Species names after Ohwi
- (CyperaceaeCyperaceaeCyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
) Carex ohwii Masam.Genkei Masamunewas a Japanese botanist, who worked in Formosa and then, after World War II, Taiwan. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo and Taiwan, as well as for the identification of large numbers of new species.-Selected publications:... - (Cyperaceae) Cyperus ohwii Kük.Georg KükenthalGeorg Kükenthal was a German pastor and botanist who specialized in the field of caricology.He worked as a pastor in Grub am Forst, and later in Coburg. In 1913 he received an honorary degree from the University of Breslau....
- (LamiaceaeLamiaceaeThe mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...
) Clerodendrum ohwii Kaneh.Ryōzō Kanehirawas a Japanese botanist. Kanehira undertook botanical expeditions into Peru, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea as well as describing the flora of Japan.- References :...
& Hatus.Sumihiko Hatusimawas a Japanese botanist. In scholarly works using the Latin alphabet, his name is generally romanised as "Sumihiko Hatusima" following the "Kunrei" system.Hatsushima was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan in 1906.... - (Lamiaceae) Isodon × ohwii Okuyama
- (Lamiaceae) Rabdosia × ohwii (Okuyama), HaraKanesuke Harawas a Japanese botanist and mycologist.-Publications:* Miyake, I.; Hara, K. 1910. Fungi on Japanese bamboos. Botanical Magazine Tokyo 24: -, -* Shirai, M.; Hara, K. 1911. Some new parasitic fungi of Japan. Bot.Mag.Tokyo 25: 69-73...
- (MelastomataceaeMelastomataceaeright|thumb|200px|Characteristic venation of many melastomesThe family Melastomataceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics comprising some 200 genera and 4500 species...
) Medinilla ohwii Nayar. - (OrchidaceaeOrchidaceaeThe Orchidaceae, commonly referred to as the orchid family, is a morphologically diverse and widespread family of monocots in the order Asparagales. Along with the Asteraceae, it is one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species,...
) Epipactis ohwii Fukuy.Noriaki Fukuyamawas a Japanese botanist and orchidologist. He died in TaiwanDuring his short life, Dr. Fukuyama described over a hundred new species of orchids from Micronesia, the Ryukyus and Taiwan. Most of the type specimens he collected were housed in his personal herbarium was a Japanese botanist and... - (Orchidaceae) Lecanorchis ohwii Masam.
- (Orchidaceae) Oreorchis ohwii Fukuy.Noriaki Fukuyamawas a Japanese botanist and orchidologist. He died in TaiwanDuring his short life, Dr. Fukuyama described over a hundred new species of orchids from Micronesia, the Ryukyus and Taiwan. Most of the type specimens he collected were housed in his personal herbarium was a Japanese botanist and...
- (PoaceaePoaceaeThe Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
) Panicum ohwii - (Poaceae) Sasa ohwii Koidz.
- (RosaceaeRosaceaeRosaceae are a medium-sized family of flowering plants, including about 2830 species in 95 genera. The name is derived from the type genus Rosa. Among the largest genera are Alchemilla , Sorbus , Crataegus , Cotoneaster , and Rubus...
) Prunus ohwii Kaneh.Ryōzō Kanehirawas a Japanese botanist. Kanehira undertook botanical expeditions into Peru, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea as well as describing the flora of Japan.- References :...
& Hatus.Sumihiko Hatusimawas a Japanese botanist. In scholarly works using the Latin alphabet, his name is generally romanised as "Sumihiko Hatusima" following the "Kunrei" system.Hatsushima was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan in 1906.... - (RuscaceaeRuscaceaeNolinoideae is a monocot subfamily of the family Asparagaceae in the APG III system of 2009. It was previously treated as a separate family, Ruscaceae s.l...
) Ophiopogon ohwii Okuyama - (SaxifragaceaeSaxifragaceaeSaxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic...
) Saxifraga ohwii Tatew.
External links
- IPNI Author Details for Jisaburo Owhi (1905–1977) from the International Plant Names Index