Kawakami, Takija |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Born: 1871, Prov. Jamagata, N. Hondo, Japan. Died: 1915, Taihoku, N. Formosa. |
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Since 1901 Botanist of the Government of Formosa.1 Several plants were named after him, e.g. Saccolabium kawakamii J.J.Sm. |
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1911. SE. Borneo: Martapoera (Oct. 6); SW. Celebes: Makassar, and prope Maros (Oct.); Centr. Java: Djokja; E. Java: Soerabaja, Pasoeroean (Nov. 3.), Tosari, G. Bromo; Ngempit (or? Kempit) and Kalibatoe (Nov.); W. Java: Buitenzorg, Tjibodas; Tjinjiroean (Dec. 4), Malabar. Plants of Lombock (= ? Lesser Sunda Isls), and the Malay Peninsula: Kuala Lumpur (Batu Cave etc.), Singapore, were collected too. |
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(1) T. Kawakami: ‘A list of plants of Formosa’ (1910). (2) T. Kawakami: ‘On some Celebes plants’ (Bot. Mag. Tokyo 26, 1912, p. 49-50). |
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Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936. |