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Sumihiko Hatusima

Sumihiko Hatsushima was a Japanese botanist. In scholarly works using the Latin alphabet, his name is generally romanised as "Sumihiko Hatusima" following the "Kunrei" system.

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Sumihiko Hatusima
初島 住彦
BornSeptember 1906 (1906-09)
DiedJanuary 22, 2008(2008-01-22) (aged 101)
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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.12

Hatsushima was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan in 1906.12 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

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  1. "Author Details Hatusima, Sumihiko (1906–2008)". www.ipni.org IPNI. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
  2. "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.