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Hosokawa, Takahide

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

Born: 1909, Kumamoto, Japan.

career:

Formerly Assistant in the University of Formosa, collected plants in Micronesia and the Philippines (Mt Apo, Mindanao), giving a description of the vegetation of Mt Apo, and of some new species and new combinations.¹ Botanist, educated at the Botanical Institute Taihoku Imp. University, Formosa (M.Sc. 1932, D.Sc. 1945). From 1932-43 respectively subassistant, assistant, and lecturer, in Taihoku Imp. University; in 1947 lecturer at Kumamoto Women’s College, in 1948 Professor in the same College; in 1949 nominated Assistant Professor of Kyushu University Fukuoka, in 1951 Professor there.

In the years 1933-38 he paid several visits to Micronesia, studying the flora of Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape, Kusaie, the Mariannes, and Jaluit (Marshall), resulting in several papers.¹

Author of a book in Japanese on palaeobotany.

Collecting localities:

In Malaysia: on Mt Apo, Mindanao, P.I. (a week in Sept. 1936).²

collections:
Complete set (c. 4500 sheets) in Herb. Taiwan Univ. [TAI], Taipei; about 3000 sheets of dupl. in Herb. Kyushu Univ. [FU]. The collection on Mt Apo about 1600 sheets.³

literature:

(1) In Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 1942 (non vidi).
Cf. lists in Merrill, A Botanical Bibliography of the Islands of the Pacific (1947), and in Sachet & Fosberg, Island Bibliographies (1955).
(2) T. Hosokawa: ‘On the alpine heath in the Tropics of Eastern Asia’ (Botany & Zoology 10, 1942, p. 723-728).
(3) T. Hosokawa: ‘A preliminary note on the botanical trip on Mt Apo, Philippines’ (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Form. 30, 1940, p. 333-336).

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Hosokawa, Takahide
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)
	Born: 1909, Kumamoto, Japan.
	career: Formerly Assistant in the University of Formosa, collected plants in Micronesia and the Philippines (Mt Apo, Mindanao), giving a description of the vegetation of Mt Apo, and of some new species and new combinations.¹ Botanist, educated at the Botanical Institute Taihoku Imp. University, Formosa (M.Sc. 1932, D.Sc. 1945). From 1932-43 respectively subassistant, assistant, and lecturer, in Taihoku Imp. University; in 1947 lecturer at Kumamoto Women’s College, in 1948 Professor in the same College; in 1949 nominated Assistant Professor of Kyushu University Fukuoka, in 1951 Professor there. In the years 1933-38 he paid several visits to Micronesia, studying the flora of Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape, Kusaie, the Mariannes, and Jaluit (Marshall), resulting in several papers.¹ Author of a book in Japanese on palaeobotany.
	Collecting localities: In Malaysia: on Mt Apo, Mindanao, P.I. (a week in Sept. 1936).²
	collections: Complete set (c. 4500 sheets) in Herb. Taiwan Univ. [TAI], Taipei; about 3000 sheets of dupl. in Herb. Kyushu Univ. [FU]. The collection on Mt Apo about 1600 sheets.³
	literature: (1) In Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 1942 (non vidi). Cf. lists in Merrill, A Botanical Bibliography of the Islands of the Pacific (1947), and in Sachet & Fosberg, Island Bibliographies (1955). (2) T. Hosokawa: ‘On the alpine heath in the Tropics of Eastern Asia’ (Botany & Zoology 10, 1942, p. 723-728). (3) T. Hosokawa: ‘A preliminary note on the botanical trip on Mt Apo, Philippines’ (Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Form. 30, 1940, p. 333-336).