> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 686](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355773) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/23869-1) LSID 23869-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q704751) QID Q704751 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nakai, Takenoshin \[Takenosin\] (1882-1952), Japanese botanist; Ph. D. Tokyo Univ. 1907; Dr. Sci. Tokyo 1914; from 1908-1947 assistant, lecturer (1917), assistant professor (1922) and professor of botany (1927) at the University of Tokyo; from 1943-1945 director of the Buitenzorg (now Bogor) Botanical Gardens in occupied Java; from 1947 director of the National Science Museum. **Abbreviated name**: *Nakai* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nakai*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection TI|TI]]; further material at [[Collection A|A]] and [[Collection P|P]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 536; BJI 2: 122; BM 3: 1389, 7: 893; Bossert p. 281; Hirsch p. 209; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Nakai"); IF suppl. 2: 38, 3: 216, 4: 333-334; IH 1(ed. 6): 362, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 104-105; Langman p. 535; MW p. 341-348, suppl. p. 244-250; NI 1431, 1431 n; SK 1: 379, 5: ccvi; SO 3523; TL-1/731, 735, 906-907; Tucker 1: 510; Zander ed. 10, p. 696, ed. 11, p. 793-794. - Anon., Hedwigia 71: (108). 1931 (app. prof. bot. Tokyo); Taxon 2: 35. 1935; Österr. bot. Z. 79: 380. 1930 (app. Tokyo). - Gager, C. S., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27: 295. 1938 (dir. bot. gard. Univ. Tokyo from 1930). - Hara, H., Bot. Mag., Tokyo 66: 775-776. 1953 (portr., add. bibl.; main bibl. in Festschrift). - Merrill, E. D., Enum. Philipp. fl. pl. 4: 211-212. 1926. - Nakai, T., Bull. Acad, géogr. Bot. 20(253-254): 227-228. 1910 ("Aperçu sur la flore de Corée"). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 514. 1977 (no bryol. herb.). - Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, Fl. males. Bull. 10: 352. 1953. - Wilson, E. H., Plant hunting 2: 189. 1927. #### Festschrift 1943 \[in Japanese:\] A list of professor Nakai's papers, with indices to names of plants and taxa published as new to science by him. \[Latin:\] *Ordines, familiae, tribi, genera*, sectiones, species, varietates, formae et combinationes novae *a prof. Nakai*, Takenoshin adhuc ut novis *edita*. Appendix questiones charactericum naturalium plantarum vel extractus ex praelectionibus pro alumnis botanicis universitatis imperialis Tokyoensis per annus 1926-1941. Tokyo 1943, cover, p. \[i\*-iv\*,incl. portr.\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-256, \[1\]-4, err. *Copy*: US. #### Eponymy *Nakaiomyces* Kobayasi (1939). #### Note We cannot do justice here to the immense productivity of Nakai. For an extensive bibliography see MW and MW suppl. and the Festschrift. ### Publications ##### n.6622. Flora koreana **Title** *Flora koreana*... \[Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo\] 1909-1911, 2 parts, Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. kor.* **Notes** *Pars prima*: 8 Feb 1909 (fide cover journal; Nat. Nov. Apr (2) 1909), p. \[1, err.\], \[1\]-304, \[i\]-ii, *pl. 1-15.* J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 26(1), 1909. *Pars secunda*: 28 Dec 1911 (cover; Nat. Nov. Aug(2) 1912), errata slip, \[1\]-573, *pl. 1-20* with text. Ib. vol. 31, 1911. *Copies*: BR, FI, G, H, MO. – Usually cited as a book but strictly speaking to be cited from the journal because there is no separate book issue. ##### n.6623. Flora sylvatica koreana **Title** *Flora sylvatica koreana*... \[1-6:\] Published by the government of Chosen, \[8-12:\] Published by the government of Chosen, Seoul, Corea, \[13-15:\] Published by the Forestal Experiment Station... Seoul, \[16-21:\] id. Keijyo, Japan. 1915-1936. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. sylv. kor.* **Notes** *Publ*.: In 22 parts for a detailed description of which see MW p. 343-344. *1*: 1915, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-23, *pl*. 1-15 with text. *2*: 1915, p. \[i-v\], 1-41, *pl*. 1-25, id. *3*: 1917, p. \[i-iii\], 1-55, *pl*. 1-26, id. *4*: 1916, p. \[i-v\], 1-29, *pl*. 1-16, id. *5*: 1916, p. \[i-v\], 1-45, *pl*. 1-27, id. *6*: 1916, p. \[i-v\], 1-63, *pl*. 1-29, id. *7*: 1918, p. \[i-v\], 1-80, *pl*. 1-36, id. *8*: 1919, p. \[i-v\], 1-64, *pl*. 1-26, id. *9*: Sep 1920, p. \[i-vii\], 1-36, *pl*. 1-15, id. *10*: Mar 1921, p. \[i-v\], 1-61, *pl*. 1-27, id. *11*: 1921, p. \[i-vii\], 1-92, \[1, note\], *pl*. 1-41, id. *12*: Mar 1922, p. \[i-viii\], 1-63, \[64\], *pl*. 1-17. *13*: 1923, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-46, *pl*. 1-13, id. *14*: 1923, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-2, \[1\]-133, *pl*. 1-29, id. *15*: 1926, p. \[i-v\], 1-75, *pl*. 1-24, id. *16*: Sep 1927, p. \[i-xiii\], 1-92, *pl*. 1-22, id. *17*: Dec 1928, p. \[i-xi\], 1-94, *pl*. 1-22, id. *18*: Jan 1930, p. \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-\[iii\], 1-218, *pl*. 1-52, id. *19*: Mar 1932, p. \[i-xi\], 1-131, *pl*. 1-41, id. *20*: Dec 1933, err. slip, \[i-xi\], 1-127, *pl*. 1-25, id. *21*: 1936, p. \[i-xi\], 1-163, *pl*. 1-11. *22*: Dec 1939, p. \[i-xi\], 1-106, *pl*. 1-18, id. *Copies*: G, L, US, USDA. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 58(Lit.): 38-40. 1923, 57(Lit.): 22-23. 1922, 58(Lit.): 29-30, 107-108. 1922/23. ##### n.6624. Report on the vegetation of the island Ooryongto **Title** *Report on the vegetation of the island Ooryongto* or Dagelet Island, Corea... Published by the government of Chosen, Seoul, Corea 1919. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. veg. Ooryongto*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1919, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-87, \[1\], *2 pl*., map. *Copy*: US. ##### n.6625. Tentamen systematis Caprifoliacearum japonicarum, in **Title** *Tentamen systematis Caprifoliacearum japonicarum, in* Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 42(2), 31 Mar 1921. Tokyo (Published by the University). 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 31 Mar 1921, p. \[1\]-139, J. Coll. Sci. Tokyo 42(2): 1-139. 1921. *Copies*: BR, G. – To be cited from journal. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 57(Lit.): 68-69. 1922. ##### n.6626. Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper **Title** *Trees and shrubs indigenous in Japan proper*. Vol. i... Seibido Shoten, Nihombashi. Tokyo Dec 1922. †. **Abbreviated title**: *Tree's shrubs Japan*. **Notes** *Publ*.: vol. 1, Dec 1922, p. \[i\], \[1\]-\[3\], \[1\]-5, \[1\]-511, \[1\]-28. *Copy*: G. – Annotation by Nakai in copy at BM(NH) "only three copies of this work exist in Europe and one in the United States of America; the remainder, except those already sold in Japan, having been destroyed in the earthquake in Japan on September 1, 1923." Vol. 2: was never published. *Revised and enlarged ed*. ("*vol. 1*"): 25 Apr 1927, p. \[i\], \[1\]-48, \[1\]-714, \[1\]-58, err. slip. *Copies*: B, G, MICH. – Tokyo (Sheibido Shoten,...) 1927. Revised by Takenoshin Nakai and Genichii Koidzumi. Vols. 2 and 3, announced in vol I. as "under press" do not seem to have been published. *Ref*.: Nakai, T., Bot. Mag. Tokyo 38: 25-35, 37-48. 1924; see also MW p. 345. ##### n.6627. Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo **Title** *Report of the first scientific expedition to Manchoukuo*under the leadership of Shigeyasu Tokunago June October 1933. Section iv. Part 1\[-iv\]. \[Botany\]. 1934-1936. **Abbreviated title**: *Rep. Exped. Manchoukuo sect. iv*. **Notes** *Part 1*: Nov 1934, p. \[i-iv\], 1-71, *pl. 1-20* with text. "*Plantae novae jeholenses i*" by T. Nakai and Masao Kitagawa (1909-x). *Part 2*: Jul 1935, p. \[i-iv\], 1-187, *pl. 1-19* with text. "*Contributio ad cognitionem Florae manshuricae*" by T. Nakai, Masaji Honda (1897-x) and Masao Kitagawa. *Part 3*: Mar 1936, p. \[i-iii\], 1-55. "*Mycomycetes of Jehol*" by Yoskikadzu Emoto, and "*An ecological study*of the vegetation in the province of Jehol, Manchoukuo" by Motto Takahasi (publ. Aug 1936). *Part 4*: Aug 1936, p. \[i-iv\], 1-108, *pl. 1-2* with text. "*Index florae jeholensis*..." by T. Nakai, M. Honda, Y. Satake and M. Kitagawa. *Copy*: BR. ##### n.6628. Iconographia planlarum Asiae orienlalis **Title** *Iconographia planlarum Asiae orienlalis*... edited by Takenoshin Nakai,... Tokyo (Shunyodo Shoten) 1935-1952, 5 vols. **Abbreviated title**: *Iconogr. pl. As. orient.* **Notes** *1*(*1*): Jul 1935, p, \[i-vii\], 1-18, *pl. 1-9* (uncol.). (*2*): Apr 1936, p. \[i-v\], 19-44, *pl. 10-19.* (*3*): Sep 1936, p. \[i-v\], 45-60, *pl. 20-27.* (*4*): Dec 1936, p. \[i-v\], 61-82, *pl. 28-36.* *2*(*1*): Apr 1937, p. \[i-v\], 83-114, *pl. 37-47.* (*2*): Jun 1937, p. \[i-v\], 115-139, *pl. 48-55.* (*3*): Nov 1937, p. \[i-v\], 141-168, *pl. 56-63.* (*4*): Mai 1938, p. \[i-v\], 169-192, *pl. 64-70.* *3*(*1*): Jan 1939, p. \[i-v\], 193-211, *pl. 71-78*, \[i-iv\]. (*2*): Jul 1939, p. \[i-v\], 213-228, *pl. 79-84*, \[i-ii\]. (*3*): Jan 1940, p. \[i-iii\], 229-262, *pl. 85-93*, \[i-ii\]. (*4*): Aug 1940, p. \[i-iii\], 263-299, *pl. 94-102*, \[i-ii\]. *4*(*1*): Mar 1941, p. \[i-v\], 301-336, \[i-ii\], *pl. 103-112.* (*2*): Oct 1941, p. \[i-iii\], 337-384, *pl. 113-122*, \[i-ii\]. (*3*): Dec 1942, p. \[i-v\], 385-410, *pl. 123-131*, \[i-ii\]. (*4*): Nov 1949, p. \[i-vi\], 411-449, \[450\], *pl. 132-137*, \[i-ii\]. *5*(*1*): Oct 1950, p. \[i-vi\], 450-475, *pl. 138-147.* (*2*): Mar 1952, p. \[i-iv\], 476-499, *pl. 148-155.* *Copies*: BR, G, USDA. – See NI 1431 for artists. ##### n.6629. Nova flora japonica **Title** *Nova flora japonica*vel descriptiones et systema nova omnium plantarum in Imperio Japonico sponte nascentium... Tokyo & Osaka (The Sanseido Co., Ltd.) 1938-1951, 10 parts. **Abbreviated title**: *Nov. fl. jap.* **Notes** *Co-editor*: Masazi Honda (1897-x). \[*1*\]: *Juncaceae*, by Yoshisake Satake, 1938, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-103. \[*2*\]: *Hymenogastrineae*et *Phallineae*, by Yosio Kobayasi, p. \[i-ix\], \[1\]-90, 3 *pl*. \[*3*\]: *Saxifragaceae*, 1938, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-152. \[*4*\]: *Polypodiaceae*, by Hirosi Itô, 1938, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-143, *pl. 1-35.* \[*5*\]: *Parmeliales*, by Masami Satô, 1939, p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-87, *pl. I.* \[*6*\]: *Eriocaulaceae*, by Yosisuki Satake, 1941, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-88, \[1\]-2, 2 charts. \[*7*\]: *Cladoniales*, by Masami Satô, 1941 p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-105. \[*8*\]: *Myxomycetes*, by Yoshikadzu Emotu, 1942, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-2, \[1\]-2, \[1\]-238. \[*9*\]: *Ardisiaceae*, by Takenoshin Nakai, Jan 1943, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-170. \[*10*\]: *Hypericaceae*, by Yojiro Kimura, 1951, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-\[4\], \[1\]-273, err. slip. *Copies*: BR, FI, G.