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

Born: 1934.

career:

Pteridologist, member of the Kyoto University Biological Expedition to Thailand (Aug. 7-Oct. 10) and Malaysia, 1967. Other members were T. Shimizu, N. Kitagawa, N. Fukuoka, M. Hutoh, J. Ashida, M. Tagawa, M. Hirano, S. Ueno. In Aug.-Sept. 1971 he accompanied an expedition to W. Sumatra.

Collecting localities:¹

1967. Singapore and Bt Timah (Aug. 2); Malaya: Templer Park and Batu Cave (Aug. 5-6); Penang (Oct. 13-16); Cameron Highlands (18-21); Templer Park (25); Fraser’s Hill (26), G. Gombo(c)k (28-29); Batu Cave (30), Gua Musang (Oct. 31-Nov. 2), G. Pulai and G. Panti in Johore (2-4); Bt Timah (6).

collections:

1st set in Herb. Kyoto [KYO], 2nd set in For. Herb. Bangkok [BKF]. The Malayan specimens numbered with the prefix ‘M’ (Thailand with ‘T’).

literature:

(1) K. Iwatsuki: ‘Biological expedition to Thailand and Malaysia’ (Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23, 1968, p. 127-128, 1 map).

biographical data:

Portr. in Hatusima, Flora Ryukyus 1971, p. 71.

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