Sumihiko Hatusima

Sumihiko Hatsushima (初島 住彦, Hatsushima Sumihiko, September 1906 – January 22, 2008) was a Japanese botanist. In scholarly works using the Latin alphabet, his name is generally romanised as "Sumihiko Hatusima" following the "Kunrei" system.[1][2]

Hatsushima was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan in 1906.[1][2] His tertiary studies and early lectureship was at Kyushu Imperial University, where he was awarded a doctorate in 1942.[2] He accompanied Ryōzō Kanehira on a collecting expedition in New Guinea in 1940.[2] Hatsushima returned to Austronesia in a collecting expedition to the Philippines in 1964.[2]

Hatsushima died in 2008.[3]

The standard author abbreviation Hatus. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]
  1. ^ a b "Author Details Hatusima, Sumihiko (1906–2008)". www.ipni.org IPNI. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Hatusima, Sumihiko". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  3. ^ HOSOYAMADA, Saburo (April 20, 2008). "The Journal of Japanese Botany". Tsumura and co. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Hatus.