Mitsuru Hotta

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Mitsuru Hotta (堀田満, Hotta Mitsuru, born 1937) is a Japanese botanist best known for his research on Araceae.^[1]

Hotta was born in Osaka, Japan in 1937. He graduated from the Agricultural Department of Osaka Prefecture University in 1960. The same year, he took part in the Tonga and Fiji Expedition organised by Kyoto University. Between 1963 and 1964, Hotta made numerous plant collections in Borneo together with Professor Minoru Hirano of Osaka City University.^[1]

The standard author abbreviation M.Hotta is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J., et al. 2006. Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Mitsuru Hotta. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland.
↑ "Author Query for 'M.Hotta'". International Plant Names Index.

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Name	Hotta, Mitsuru
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Short description	Japanese botanist
Date of birth	1937
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