Hara Hiroshi (botanist)
Hara Hiroshi ( Japanese 原 寛 ; born January 5, 1911 in Tokyo ; † September 24, 1986 ) was a Japanese botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " H.Hara ".
Life
Hara's father had the status of a baron and was chairman of the Sūmitsu-in (State Council) in the Japanese Empire. As the only son, Hara inherited his father's title in 1944, but had to give it up shortly afterwards when the title of nobility ( kazoku ) was abolished with the adoption of the Japanese constitution .
As a child he developed a preference for plants and studied botany at the University of Tokyo . During his studies he was able to publish a number of scientific publications on the flora of Karuizawa . He focused his research on Saxifragaceae ( Saxifragaceae ) and was 1939, in the third volume of a monograph to Nova Flora Japonica , publish.
In 1934 he finished his studies and stayed at the university, first as an assistant, from 1942 to 1944 as a lecturer, then until 1957 as an associate professor, and then as a full professor. In 1971 he retired .
From 1938 to 1940 he attended Harvard University . In the 1960s he undertook a total of eight research trips to the eastern Himalayas and published three volumes of a floral work on Nepal. In the 1980s he went on research trips to the People's Republic of China . In 1983 he published a monograph on the honeysuckle family ( Caprifoliaceae ).
He first described a total of over 500 new species. In 1984 he fell ill with muscular dystrophy , from which he died in 1986.
Honors
The plant genus Harashuteria K.Ohashi & H.Ohashi from the legume family (Fabaceae) is named after him.
literature
- K. Iwatsuki: Hiroshi Hara (1911-1986) . In: Taxon . tape 36 , no. 2 , May 1987, pp. 555-556 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Hara Hiroshi (botanist) at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hara, Hiroshi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 原 広 司 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 1986 |