Hiroshi Hara (botanist)

Hiroshi Hara (原 寛, Hara Hiroshi, January 5, 1911 – September 24, 1986) was a Japanese botanist.

Hara was born 1911 in Nagano. He studied at The University of Tokyo and became a professor there in 1957.[1] Between 1968 and 1971 he was the director of the newly established University Museum of The University of Tokyo. Hara specialized in mosses, but described other plants as well.[2]

The standard author abbreviation H.Hara is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]
  1. ^ "原寛". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  2. ^ "Hara, Hiroshi". tropicos.org. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  3. ^ International Plant Names Index.  H.Hara.