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Luncheon Seminar
Sophora franchetiana Dunn （Photo: M. Watanabe）
At the 25th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Plant Systematics (＠Kumamoto), we will host a lunchtime seminar on Herbarium specimens during the lunch break.
This year’s luncheon seminar will introduce the history of the development of Herbaria in Japan and explore how Japanese researchers have significantly influenced studies of the flora of East Asia—particularly in Korea and Taiwan.
Through this seminar, we hope to highlight the international role that Japanese Herbaria have played and to further raise awareness of the importance of preserving and passing on these valuable academic resources.
All conference participants are welcome to attend the seminar.
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2026, 12:00–13:00
Venue: Kumamoto University, Kurokami South Campus, Faculty of Engineering Building 2, 2nd Floor, Room 223
Program: Lectures by three speakers
Speaker information and presentation titles
Jin MURATA (The University of Tokyo): Research and Herbarium Collection on the Genus Arisaema in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea
Jer-Ming HU （Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University): Early Botanists in Taiwan before the 1950s, Based on Collections from the Taihoku Imperial University Period Preserved at the National Taiwan University Herbarium (TAI)
Park Chan-Ho (Fisheries Science Institute, NRF Research Center): The Role of AI Agents in Utilizing Big Data from Specimen Museums: Substitution for and Complementation of Traditional Research Methodologies
Luncheon Seminar Organizer
Diego Tavares Vasques, PhD
Project Assistant Professor & TI Herbarium Curator,
Koishikawa Botanical Garden, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
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