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Kimura, Kôiti (Kôichi or Kôitschi)

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1901, Tokyo, Japan.

career:

Graduated in pharmacy at Tokyo Imp. University in 1927, taking his Dr’s degree in 1937; Assistant in the Pharmacognostical Institute, Tokyo University, 1927-31 ; on the staff of the Shanghai Science Institute, 1931-39; Associate Professor Kyoto Imp. University, 1939-43; at the Makassar Science Institute in SW. Celebes, 1943-46; Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy at Kyoto Imp. University, 1945-47, and besides at Doshisha Technical College from 1946 onwards; since 1947 Associate Professor of Kyoto University.

He made several expeditions, viz to China, the Bonin Islands (1926), and Malaysia (1937, see below).

Collecting localities:

Voyage to the Philippine Islands and the Malay Archipelago, 1937.¹ Philippines: Luzon, Manila (June 24); Cebu (26); SW. Celebes: Makassar (30); Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali (July 1-10): at Kintamani, Bedoegoel, and Boeleleng; Java: from Banjoewangi (eastern part, July 11) to W. Java: Buitenzorg, Sindanglaja (18), Wijnkoops Bay (25), Islands in the Bay of Batavia (Aug. 3), staying till Aug. 7; Singapore (9-11); Malay Peninsula: Kuala Lumpur (12); Bangkok; Penang (19-21); Rangoon, Calcutta and Darjeeling.

During World War II, from 1943-45, he collected in Celebes.

collections:

Private Herbarium at Kyoto University: about a hundred of Bali plants; the few Cebu specimens lost; some in Herb. Pharmacogn. Inst. Kyoto Imp. Univ. [KYO]; Herb. Bog. [BO]: Cebu and Bali plants, also duplicates.

The plants collected in Celebes during World War II were all left at Makassar.

Most of the plants were medicinal; some of the collections were from primary forests.

literature:

(1) K. Kimura: ‘South Asia Biological Tour’ (Sizen or Nature, quarterly magaz. of the members’ Club of Shanghai Science Institute, 1937) (non vidi).

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature
	Kimura, Kôiti (Kôichi or Kôitschi)
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1901, Tokyo, Japan.
	career: Graduated in pharmacy at Tokyo Imp. University in 1927, taking his Dr’s degree in 1937; Assistant in the Pharmacognostical Institute, Tokyo University, 1927-31 ; on the staff of the Shanghai Science Institute, 1931-39; Associate Professor Kyoto Imp. University, 1939-43; at the Makassar Science Institute in SW. Celebes, 1943-46; Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Botany and Pharmacognosy at Kyoto Imp. University, 1945-47, and besides at Doshisha Technical College from 1946 onwards; since 1947 Associate Professor of Kyoto University. He made several expeditions, viz to China, the Bonin Islands (1926), and Malaysia (1937, see below).
	Collecting localities: Voyage to the Philippine Islands and the Malay Archipelago, 1937.¹ Philippines: Luzon, Manila (June 24); Cebu (26); SW. Celebes: Makassar (30); Lesser Sunda Islands, Bali (July 1-10): at Kintamani, Bedoegoel, and Boeleleng; Java: from Banjoewangi (eastern part, July 11) to W. Java: Buitenzorg, Sindanglaja (18), Wijnkoops Bay (25), Islands in the Bay of Batavia (Aug. 3), staying till Aug. 7; Singapore (9-11); Malay Peninsula: Kuala Lumpur (12); Bangkok; Penang (19-21); Rangoon, Calcutta and Darjeeling. During World War II, from 1943-45, he collected in Celebes.
	collections: Private Herbarium at Kyoto University: about a hundred of Bali plants; the few Cebu specimens lost; some in Herb. Pharmacogn. Inst. Kyoto Imp. Univ. [KYO]; Herb. Bog. [BO]: Cebu and Bali plants, also duplicates. The plants collected in Celebes during World War II were all left at Makassar. Most of the plants were medicinal; some of the collections were from primary forests.
	literature: (1) K. Kimura: ‘South Asia Biological Tour’ (Sizen or Nature, quarterly magaz. of the members’ Club of Shanghai Science Institute, 1937) (non vidi).