(23 July 1935 – 8 July 2015) was a Japanese

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

best known for his research on

Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). Also ...

.van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J., ''et al.'' 2006
Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Mitsuru Hotta
Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Hotta was born in

Osaka is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...

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in 1935. He graduated from the Agricultural Department of

Osaka Prefecture University (OPU), also abbreviated to , used to be one of the largest public universities in Japan. The university merged with Osaka City University to form Osaka Metropolitan University in April 2022. History OPU was established in 2005 in its curren ...

in 1960. The same year, he took part in the Tonga and Fiji Expedition organised by

Kyoto University , or , is a National university, national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan. The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen gra ...

. Between 1963 and 1964, Hotta made numerous plant collections in

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together with Professor Minoru Hirano of

Osaka City University , abbreviated to , was a public university in Japan. It was located in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka. The university merged with Osaka Prefecture University to form Osaka Metropolitan University in April 2022. History OCU's predecessor was founded in ...

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