KanehiraR

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Kanehira, Ryôzo

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

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

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)

Born: 1882, Okayama-Ken, Japan. Died: Nov. 27, 1948, Tokyo, Japan.

career:

Was educated at Tokyo Imperial University, taking his Ph. Dr’s degree in 1920; in 1928 appointed Professor of Botany at Kyushu Imperial University, Fukuoka. Towards the end of 1942 he came to Java; from March 1943 till the end of World War II Director of the Herbarium and Library of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg.

Author of ‘Formosan trees indigenous to the island’ (1936), of a book (in Japanese) on the economic plants of the tropics, etc.

He is commemorated in Psychotria kanehirai Merr. & Perry.

Collecting localities:

c. 1932. Celebes and New Guinea, the Marianas and Carolines.-1933 (Aug.). Philippines: Mindanao,¹ at Bayabas, Davao, etc.-1937.^la NE. New Guinea & Bismarck Archipelago. Leaving Ponape (Carolines) by steamer (Jan. 23), visiting several atolls S of Ponape; making stops at Kavieng (New Ireland) and Rabaul (near the Keravat Experiment Station etc.) in New Britain; Salamaua, from where flying to Wau, the gold-field in Morobe Distr.; return by the same boat, arriving Febr. 23 at Ponape-1940. Via Java (Buitenzorg) to NW. New Guinea,² mainly in the ‘Vogelkop’, with S. Hatusima (see there): Manokwari (arriving Fehr. 20); Nabire (23-) (botanizing in the interior), at: Papaya (28), Chaban & Patema (29), Dal(1)-man(n) (March 1-4), Patema (banks of Boemi River) (6), Sennen (6) and Boemi (10); Mo(e)mi (19), awaiting the permission ofthe D.E.I. Government for a trip to Angi Lakes; Waren, S of Manokwari (March 21, 23 and 27, Apr. 3); Arfak Mts and Angi Lakes (Apr. 4-11); Waren (19); leaving New Guinea on Apr. 23.-He collected a few plants in Johore (Mal. Penins.) and Java; no dates known to me.

collections:

Herb. Kyushû Imp. Univers. [FU]: 262 nos from Mindanao (2479-2740); coll. 1937, 129 nos (39..-41 ..);³coll. 1940, Kanehira & Hatusima ± 2851 nos (ranging between 11082-14936),⁴ incl. 311 pteridophytes. Herb. Bog. [BO]: 1443 dupl. coll. 1940; also dupl. in Herb. Arn. Arbor. [A]; Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. [NY]: dupl. Celebes & New Guinea (c. 1932) and Mindanao (257). Sets of the Kanehira & Hatusima collection in Herb. Nat. Sc. Mus. Tokyo [TNS] and in Herb. Res. Inst. for Natural Resources Tokyo.⁵

literature:

(1) R. Kanehira: ‘A list of plants collected at Davao, P.L’ (Bult. Sci. Fak. Terkult. Kjusu Imp. Univers. Fukuoka, Japan 7, 1936, p. 228-238) (non vidi).
(1a) R. Kanehira: ‘An account of a trip to the South seas’ (Sanrin 657, 1937, 94-101; ibid. 658, 1937, 71-75; ibid. 659, 1937, 76-81; ibid. 660, 1937, 81-87; ibid. 661, 1937, 73-79) (probably in Japanese; n.v.).
(2) R. Kanehira: ‘New Guinea expedition’ (3rd ed. in 1942; in Japanese, many ill.), and in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 55, 1941, p. 249). For sketch map of the route in the Arfak Mts and itinerary see W. Vink in Nova Guinea, Bot. 22, 1965, p. 488.
(3) R. Kanehira & S. Hatusima: ‘An enumeration of plants collected in the Territory of New Guinea, Australian Mandate’ I-III (Bot. Magaz. Tokyo 52, 1938, p. 349-357, 409-416 and l.c. 53, 1939, p. 8-16; in total 5 fig.).
(4) ‘The Kanehira-Hatusima collection of New Guinea plants’ I-XXI (Bot. Magaz. Tokyo 55, 1941, p. 249-266, fig. 1-12; l.c. p. 295-308, fig. 13-23; l.c. p. 341-349, fig. 1; l.c. p. 385-392; l.c. p. 489-513, 5 fig.; l.c. 56, 1942, p. 1-13; l.c. p. 105-119, fig. 1-8; l.c. p. 157-171, fig. 1-9; l.c. p. 199-216; l.c. p. 249-264, fig. 1-10; l.c. p. 304-322, fig. l-14; l.c. p. 355-373, fig. 1-6; l.c. p. 421-429, fig. 1-2; l.c. p. 471-491, fig. 1-10; l.c. p. 559-576, fig. 1-13; l.c. 57, 1943, p. 1-19; l.c. p. 63-83, fig. 1-15; l.c. p. 111-129, fig. 1-16; l.c. 147-153, fig. 17-22; l.c. p. 185-192, fig. 1-9; l.c. p. 215-234, 25 text fig.).
P. van Royen: ‘Publication Dates of and Index to Taxa in Reports by R. Kanehira on Plants collected during the Kanehira-Hatusima 1940 Collection in New Guinea’ (Bot. Mag. Tokyo 86, 1973, p. 143-154).
(5) Hara in litt. 15.4.1951.

biographical data:

Fl. Mal. Bull. no 5, 1949, p. 130-131.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Kanehira, Ryôzo
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I) (Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 8: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement II)
	Born: 1882, Okayama-Ken, Japan. Died: Nov. 27, 1948, Tokyo, Japan.
	career: Was educated at Tokyo Imperial University, taking his Ph. Dr’s degree in 1920; in 1928 appointed Professor of Botany at Kyushu Imperial University, Fukuoka. Towards the end of 1942 he came to Java; from March 1943 till the end of World War II Director of the Herbarium and Library of the Botanic Gardens at Buitenzorg. Author of ‘Formosan trees indigenous to the island’ (1936), of a book (in Japanese) on the economic plants of the tropics, etc. He is commemorated in Psychotria kanehirai Merr. & Perry.
	Collecting localities: c. 1932. Celebes and New Guinea, the Marianas and Carolines.-1933 (Aug.). Philippines: Mindanao,¹ at Bayabas, Davao, etc.-1937.^la NE. New Guinea & Bismarck Archipelago. Leaving Ponape (Carolines) by steamer (Jan. 23), visiting several atolls S of Ponape; making stops at Kavieng (New Ireland) and Rabaul (near the Keravat Experiment Station etc.) in New Britain; Salamaua, from where flying to Wau, the gold-field in Morobe Distr.; return by the same boat, arriving Febr. 23 at Ponape-1940. Via Java (Buitenzorg) to NW. New Guinea,² mainly in the ‘Vogelkop’, with S. Hatusima (see there): Manokwari (arriving Fehr. 20); Nabire (23-) (botanizing in the interior), at: Papaya (28), Chaban & Patema (29), Dal(1)-man(n) (March 1-4), Patema (banks of Boemi River) (6), Sennen (6) and Boemi (10); Mo(e)mi (19), awaiting the permission ofthe D.E.I. Government for a trip to Angi Lakes; Waren, S of Manokwari (March 21, 23 and 27, Apr. 3); Arfak Mts and Angi Lakes (Apr. 4-11); Waren (19); leaving New Guinea on Apr. 23.-He collected a few plants in Johore (Mal. Penins.) and Java; no dates known to me.
	collections: Herb. Kyushû Imp. Univers. [FU]: 262 nos from Mindanao (2479-2740); coll. 1937, 129 nos (39..-41 ..);³coll. 1940, Kanehira & Hatusima ± 2851 nos (ranging between 11082-14936),⁴ incl. 311 pteridophytes. Herb. Bog. [BO]: 1443 dupl. coll. 1940; also dupl. in Herb. Arn. Arbor. [A]; Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard. [NY]: dupl. Celebes & New Guinea (c. 1932) and Mindanao (257). Sets of the Kanehira & Hatusima collection in Herb. Nat. Sc. Mus. Tokyo [TNS] and in Herb. Res. Inst. for Natural Resources Tokyo.⁵
	literature: (1) R. Kanehira: ‘A list of plants collected at Davao, P.L’ (Bult. Sci. Fak. Terkult. Kjusu Imp. Univers. Fukuoka, Japan 7, 1936, p. 228-238) (non vidi). (1a) R. Kanehira: ‘An account of a trip to the South seas’ (Sanrin 657, 1937, 94-101; ibid. 658, 1937, 71-75; ibid. 659, 1937, 76-81; ibid. 660, 1937, 81-87; ibid. 661, 1937, 73-79) (probably in Japanese; n.v.). (2) R. Kanehira: ‘New Guinea expedition’ (3rd ed. in 1942; in Japanese, many ill.), and in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 55, 1941, p. 249). For sketch map of the route in the Arfak Mts and itinerary see W. Vink in Nova Guinea, Bot. 22, 1965, p. 488. (3) R. Kanehira & S. Hatusima: ‘An enumeration of plants collected in the Territory of New Guinea, Australian Mandate’ I-III (Bot. Magaz. Tokyo 52, 1938, p. 349-357, 409-416 and l.c. 53, 1939, p. 8-16; in total 5 fig.). (4) ‘The Kanehira-Hatusima collection of New Guinea plants’ I-XXI (Bot. Magaz. Tokyo 55, 1941, p. 249-266, fig. 1-12; l.c. p. 295-308, fig. 13-23; l.c. p. 341-349, fig. 1; l.c. p. 385-392; l.c. p. 489-513, 5 fig.; l.c. 56, 1942, p. 1-13; l.c. p. 105-119, fig. 1-8; l.c. p. 157-171, fig. 1-9; l.c. p. 199-216; l.c. p. 249-264, fig. 1-10; l.c. p. 304-322, fig. l-14; l.c. p. 355-373, fig. 1-6; l.c. p. 421-429, fig. 1-2; l.c. p. 471-491, fig. 1-10; l.c. p. 559-576, fig. 1-13; l.c. 57, 1943, p. 1-19; l.c. p. 63-83, fig. 1-15; l.c. p. 111-129, fig. 1-16; l.c. 147-153, fig. 17-22; l.c. p. 185-192, fig. 1-9; l.c. p. 215-234, 25 text fig.). P. van Royen: ‘Publication Dates of and Index to Taxa in Reports by R. Kanehira on Plants collected during the Kanehira-Hatusima 1940 Collection in New Guinea’ (Bot. Mag. Tokyo 86, 1973, p. 143-154). (5) Hara in litt. 15.4.1951.
	biographical data: Fl. Mal. Bull. no 5, 1949, p. 130-131.