Masahiro Kato (KATŌ Masahiro; born 1946), Japanese botanist.

IPNI standard form: M.Kato

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 18 taxon names authored by Masahiro Kato

Publications

• Kato, M. 1988. Taenitis and allied genera of Ambon and Seram (Moluccas) and notes on taxonomic and phytogeographic relationships of Taenitis. Journal of the Faculty of Science University of Tokyo: Section III: Botany 14: 161–182. Reference page. 
• Kato, M. 2008. A taxonomic study of Podostemaceae of Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Series B, 34(2): 63–73. PDF Reference page. 
• Koi, S. & Kato, M. 2012. A taxonomic study of Podostemaceae subfamily Podostemoideae of Laos with phylogenetic analyses of Cladopus, Paracladopus and Polypleurum. Kew Bulletin 67(3): 331–365. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-012-9399-8 . JSTOR . ResearchGate. Reference page. 
• Tsutsumi, C., Chen, C.-W., Larsson, A., Hirayama, Y. & Kato, M. 2016. Phylogeny and classification of Davalliaceae on the basis of chloroplast and nuclear markers. Taxon 65(6): 1236–1248. DOI: 10.12705/656.2 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Werukamkul, P., Ampornpan, L., Kato, M. & Koi, S. 2016. New Species and New Records of Podostemaceae from Phitsanulok Province, Northern Thailand. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 67(2) 97–114. DOI: 10.18942/apg.201515 Reference page. 
• Koi, S., Won, H. & Kato, M. 2019. Two new genera of Podostemaceae from northern Central Laos: saltational evolution and enigmatic morphology. Journal of Plant Research 132(1): 19–31. DOI: 10.1007/s10265-018-01082-7 Reference page.