Hisao Migo (御江久夫 ''Migo Hisao'', (See

Bunzō Hayata was a Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work in Japan and Formosa, present day Taiwan. Early life Hayata was born to a devout Buddhist family in Kamo, Niigata on December 2, 1874. When he was 16, Hayata became interested in botany, ...

.) 1900–1985) was a Japanese botanist. Hisao Migo was employed at the Shanghai Science Institute from 1933 to 1945 during the

Japanese occupation of Shanghai The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal tra ...

. During his employment at the Institute he made several botanical collecting trips to southern

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and northern

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Selected publications

* Hisao Migo. 1973. ''Memoranda phytotaxonomica, I.'' 10 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1966. ''A note on Shibataea''. 70 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1956. '' Cyperaceae of Dr. Migo's Central Chinese collection'', with Jisaburō Ōi & Tetsuo Koyama. Reprinted edition. 32 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1943. ''On some Chinese species of Dicalix''. Volume 13, Nº 3 of Shanghai Sizenkagaku Kenkyūsyo Ihō, published by Shanghai Science Institute, 12 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1939. ''Notes on the flora of south-eastern China V''. Nº 17 of Notes, published by The Journal of the Shanghai Science Institute, 12 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1937a. ''On some plants from eastern China''. Reprinted edition. 232 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1937b. ''Notes on the flora of south-eastern China, III.'' Volume 3, Nº 8 of Journal of the Shanghai Science Institute, section 3. published by Shanghai Science Institute, 8 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1936. ''New species of

Dendrobium ''Dendrobium'' is a genus of mostly epiphytic and lithophytic orchids in the family Orchidaceae. It is a very large genus, containing more than 1,800 species that are found in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asi ...

from the chinese drug Shih-hu''. Volume 3 of The J. of the Shanghai Science Institute, with Kôiti Kimura, 124 pp. * Hisao Migo. 1934. ''Notes of the Flora of Southeastern China I''. Studies from the Department of Biology of the Shanghai Science Institute, published by The Journal of the Shanghai Science Institute, 9 pp.

Eponyms

* ( Poaceae) ''

Indocalamus ''Indocalamus'' is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae), native to China, Vietnam and Japan. They are quite small evergreen bamboos normally up to in height, initially forming clumps and then spreading to ...

migoi'' Nakai * ( Poaceae) ''

Sasamorpha ''Sasamorpha'' is a genus of East Asian bamboo in the grass family.Miyabe, Kingo. 1930. Flora of Hokkaido and Saghalien, 2: 180, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, v. 26, pt. 1–4 ;Species # '' Sasamo ...

migoi'' Nakai * ( Symplocaceae) ''

Symplocos ''Symplocos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contains about 300 species distributed in Asia and the Americas. Many species grow in humid tropical regions. This is sometimes considered to be the only genus in family Sym ...

migoi'' Nagam.Fl. Taiwan ed. 2, 4: 116. 1998 (IK)

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