Mitsuru Hotta

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J., et al. 2006. Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Mitsuru Hotta. Nationaal Herbarium Nederland.
  2. ↑ "Author Query for 'M.Hotta'". International Plant Names Index.