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Portrait of Edward Yataro Hosaka

Collectors

Edward Yataro Hosaka

American botanist · 1907–1961

4,668 specimens, collected between 1909 and 1999 on 534 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 35 specimens for others.

On the labels as Hosaka, E.Y., E.Y. Hosaka, Hosaka, Hosaka, Edward Y., Hosaka, E., Hosaka, Edward Yataro, Hosaka, E. Y., HOSAKA and 6 more.

Specimens
4,668
Type specimens
115
Years in the field
91
Islands
40
Species
1,467
Identifications
35
In the Library
0
Named after
0

Where Hosaka collected

Specimens by decade

1900s1990s

Earliest: Capsella rubella, 1909 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Trematolobelia macrostachys, 1999.

From the field

Polypogon fugaxDigitaria setigeraGastrocoptaTrifolium subterraneumSisyrinchium micranthumAmastraLamellaxis oparanumSporobolus fertilisDiospyros sandwicensisLeptachatinaTripsacum dactyloidesPaspalum vaginatum

As a determiner

35 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: