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### Author
Ito, Keisuke (1803-1901), Japanese herbalist.
**Abbreviated name**: *K. Ito* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ito*\]
#### Herbarium and types
A small collection at [[Collection L|L]]; no herbarium specimens seem to be extant in Japan (inf. H. Hara).
#### Bibliography and biography
Backer p. 290; Barnhart 2: 235; BM 2: 913; Bossert p. 191; CSP 16: 29; GF p. 61; Kew 3: 125; MW p. 210-211; NI 1009; Rehder 5: 423; Tucker 1: 364.
- Anon., Bot. Z. 59(2): 112. 1901.
- Britten, J. Bot. 32: 95. 1894.
- Ito, T., J. Bot. 25: 225-229. 1887 (portr.); A biographical sketch of Keisuke Ito. Tokyo 1898, 15 p.; Ann. Bot. 14: 401-411. 1900 (bibl., portr.).
- Miyaké, Science ser. 2. 13(332): 734-735. 1901.
- Wittrock, Acta Horti Berg. 2(2): 167. 1903.
#### Note
For further information on publications see MW.
#### Eponymy
*Itoa* Hemsley (1901, also dedicated to his grandson Tokutaro Ito (1868-1941, q.v.); *Itoasia* O. Kuntze (1891, dedicated to the whole Ito family of outstanding botanists. Kuntze specifically refers to Keisuke and his grandson Tokutaro); *Keiskea* Miquel 1865.