Jisaburo Ohwi

Jisaburo Ohwi (大井 次三郎, Ōi Jisaburō; 18 September 1905 – 22 February 1977)^[1] was a Japanese botanist. He was a distinguished member of the Faculty of Science of Kyoto Imperial University. He is perhaps best known for his 1953 Flora of Japan (日本植物誌, Nihon Shokubutsushi).^[2][3]

Species named after Ohwi

• (Cyperaceae) Carex ohwii Masam.
• (Cyperaceae) Cyperus ohwii Kük.
• (Lamiaceae) Clerodendrum ohwii Kaneh. & Hatus.
• (Lamiaceae) Isodon × ohwii Okuyama
• (Lamiaceae) Rabdosia × ohwii (Okuyama), Hara
• (Melastomataceae) Medinilla ohwii Nayar.
• (Orchidaceae) Epipactis ohwii Fukuy.
• (Orchidaceae) Lecanorchis ohwii Masam.
• (Orchidaceae) Oreorchis ohwii Fukuy.
• (Poaceae) Panicum ohwii
• (Poaceae) Sasa ohwii Koidz.
• (Rosaceae) Prunus ohwii Kaneh. & Hatus.
• (Ruscaceae) Ophiopogon ohwii Okuyama
• (Saxifragaceae) Saxifraga ohwii Tatew.